Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Ecclesiasticus 7:5-13 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

5. Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.

6. Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.

7. Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,

8. Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt not be unpunished.

9. Be not fainthearted in thy mind:

10. Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.

11. Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings.

12. Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth

13. Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend.