Today's Readings
3 Tubah 1741
Sirach 1 : 20 - 2 : 15
| 20 | To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof. |
| 21 | She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures. |
| 22 | The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation: |
| 23 | And it hath seen, and numbered her: but both are the gifts of God. |
| 24 | Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and understanding of prudence: and exalteth the glory of them that hold her. |
| 25 | The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord: and the branches thereof are longlived. |
| 26 | In the treasures of wisdom is understanding, and religiousness of knowledge: but to sinners wisdom is an abomination. |
| 27 | The fear of the Lord driveth out sin: |
| 28 | For he that is without fear, cannot be justified: for the wrath of his high spirits is his ruin. |
| 29 | A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him. |
| 30 | A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom. |
| 31 | In the treasures of wisdom is the signification of discipline: |
| 32 | But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner. |
| 33 | Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee. |
| 34 | For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and discipline: and that which is agreeable to him, |
| 35 | Is faith, and meekness: and he will fill up his treasures. |
| 36 | Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart. |
| 37 | Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee. |
| 38 | Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul, |
| 39 | And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation. |
| 40 | Because thou camest to the Lord wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile and deceit. |
| 1 | Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation. |
| 2 | Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds. |
| 3 | Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end. |
| 4 | Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience. |
| 5 | For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation. |
| 6 | Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein. |
| 7 | Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall. |
| 8 | Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void. |
| 9 | Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight. |
| 10 | Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened. |
| 11 | My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded. |
| 12 | For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him? |
| 13 | For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth. |
| 14 | Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways. |
| 15 | Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him. |
Return to previous page.
Reference