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CHAPTER 3.
THE sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation,
obedience and love.
2 Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do
that you may be saved.
3 For God hath made the father honourable to the
children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the
children.
4 He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sine
by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the
prayer of days.
5 And he that honoureth his mother is as one that
layeth up a treasure.
6 He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his
own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.
7 He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life:
and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.
8 He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and
will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.
9 Honour thy father, in work and word, and all
patience,
10 That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his
blessing may remain in the latter end.
11 The father's blessing establisheth the houses of the
children: but the mother's curse rooteth up the foundation.
12 Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his
shame is no glory to thee.
13 For the glory of a man is from the honour of his
father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.
14 Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve
him not in his life;
15 And if his understanding fail, have patience with
him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of
the father shall not be for- gotten.
16 For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy
mother.
17 And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the
day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sine shall melt away as the
ice in the fair warm weather.
18 Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his
father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.
19 My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be
beloved above the glory of men.
20 The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all
things, and thou shalt find grace before God:
21 For great is the power of God alone, and he is
honoured by the humble.
22 Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and
search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath
commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
23 For it is not necessary for thee to see with thy
eyes those things that are hid.
24 In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in
many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.
25 For many things are shewn to thee above the
understanding of men.
26 And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and
hath detained their minds in vanity.
27 A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he
that loveth danger shall perish in it.
28 A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success,
and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.
29 A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the
sinner will add sin to sin.
30 The congregation of the proud shall not be healed:
for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be
perceived.
31 The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a
good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.
32 A wise heart, and which hath under- standing, will
abstain from sine, and in the works of justice shall have success.
33 Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth
sins:
34 And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he
remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure
stay.
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