Ecclesiasticus 33:1-6 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

1. NO evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.

2. A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.

3. A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.

4. He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.

5. The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.

6. A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

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