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CHAPTER 32.
HAVE they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of
them.
2 Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou
hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place :
3 That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown
as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.
4 Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,
5 To speak the first word with care knowledge, and
hinder not music.
6 Where there is no hearing, pour out words, and be not
lifted up out season with thy wisdom.
7A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle
set in gold.
8 As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is
the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.
9 Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace
shall come to thee.
10 Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.
11 If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.
12 In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear
in silence and withal seeking.
13 In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and
when the ancients are present, speak not much.
14 Before a storm goeth lightning: and before
shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to
thee.
15 And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first
to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy
pastime.
16 And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or
proud speech.
17 And for all these things bless the Lord, that made
thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.
18 He that feareth the Lord, will receive his
discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.
19 He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it:
and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
20 They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment,
and shall kindle justice as a light.
21 A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an
excuse according to his will.
22 A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a
strange and proud man will not dread fear:
23 Even after he hath done with fear without counsel,
he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.
24 My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou
shalt not repent when thou hast done.
25 Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not
stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged may, lest thou set a
stumblingblock to thy soul.
26 And beware of thy own children, and take heed of
them of thy household.
27 In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for
this is the keeping of the commandments.
28 He that believeth God, taketh heed to the
commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse.
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