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Ecclesiasticus Quotes

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 6:16

Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 31:27

For how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together?

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 13:2

A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 26:29

Judge none blessed before his death.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 11:28

Open not thine heart to every man.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 8:19

We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 2:18

Leave not a stain in thine honour.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 33:22

And some there be, which have no memorial…and are become as though they had never been born…
But these were merciful men, whose righteousness hath not been forgotten…
Their seed shall remain for ever, and their glory shall not be blotted out.
Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 44:9-14

As the flower of roses in the spring of the year, as lilies by the rivers of waters, and as the branches of the frankincense tree in the time of summer.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 50:8

Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 28:18

Get learning with a great sum of money, and get much gold by her.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 51:28

Neither [give] a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 25:25

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 44:1

And weigh thy words in a balance, and make a door and bar for thy mouth.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 28:25

The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 38:24

Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 7:36

Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him; a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 9:10

How can he get wisdom…whose talk is of bullocks?

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 38:25

Consider that I laboured not for myself only, but for all them that seek learning.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 33:17

Leave off first for manners’ sake.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 31:17

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 13:1

Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 38:1

Envy and wrath shorten the life.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 30:24

Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 18:33

Miss not the discourse of the elders.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 8:9

For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, long-suffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 2:11

He that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 19:1

Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 7:11

When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger.

– The Bible

Ecclesiasticus 18:25

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