World English Bible

Sirach 37:14-19 World English Bible (WEB)

14. For a man’s soul is sometime wont to bring him tidings, More than seven watchmen that sit on high on a watch-tower.

15. And above all this entreat the Most High, That he may direct your way in truth.

16. Let reason be the beginning of every work, And let counsel go before every action.

17. As a token of the changing of the heart,

18. four manner of things do rise up, Good and evil, life and death; And that which rules over them continually is the tongue.

19. There is one that is shrewd and the instructor of many, And yet is unprofitable to his own soul.