Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 18:27-33 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

27. If you are wise, you will be careful in everything you do. When sin is all round you, be especially careful that you do not become guilty.

28. Every intelligent person can recognize wisdom and will honour anyone who shows it.

29. If you appreciate wisdom when you hear it, you will become wise yourself, and your words will be a source of wisdom for others.

30. Don't be controlled by your lust; keep your passions in check.

31. If you allow yourself to satisfy your every desire, you will be a joke to your enemies.

32. Don't indulge in luxurious living; the expense of it will ruin you.

33. Don't make yourself a beggar by borrowing for expensive banquets when you haven't enough money of your own.