Talált 19150 Eredmények: Or

• There is a person who courts destruction out of false shame, courts destruction for the sake of a fool's opinion. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 22)

• There is a person who out of false shame makes promises to a friend, and so makes an enemy for nothing. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 23)

• A thief is preferable to an inveterate liar, but both are heading for ruin. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 25)

• Lying is an abominable habit, the liar's disgrace lasts for ever. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 26)

• The wise gains advancement by words, the shrewd wins favour from the great. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 27)

• Whoever tills the soil will have a full harvest, whoever wins favour from the great will secure pardon for offences. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 28)

• My child, have you sinned? Do so no more, and ask forgiveness for your previous faults. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 1)

• All law-breaking is like a two-edged sword, the wounds it inflicts are beyond cure. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 3)

• Terror and violence make havoc of riches, similarly, desolation overtakes the houses of the proud. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 4)

• A plea from the mouth of the poor goes straight to the ear of God, whose judgement comes without delay. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 5)

• Whoever resents reproof walks in the sinner's footsteps; whoever fears the Lord is repentant of heart. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 6)

• To build your house with other people's money is like collecting stones for your own tomb. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 8)