ECCLESIASTICUS.

CHAPTER IV.

1. My son, defraud not the poor of his living, and make not the needy eyes to wait long.

2. Make not an hungry soul sorrowful; neither provoke a man in his distress.

3. Add not more trouble to a heart that is vexed; and defer not to give to him that is in need.

4. Reject not the supplication of the afflicted; neither turn away thy face from a poor man.

5. Turn not away thine eye from the needy, and give him none occasion to curse thee:

6. For if he curse thee in the bitterness of his soul, his prayer shall be heard of him that made him.

10. Be as a father unto the fatherless, and instead of an husband unto their mother; so shalt thou be as the Son of

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the Most High, and he shall love thee more than thy mother doth.

CHAPTER VII.

10. Be not fainthearted when thou makest thy prayer, and neglect not to give alms.

31. Fear the Lord, and honour the priest.

32. And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.

CHAPTER XVII.

22. The alms of a man is as a signet with the Lord, and he will keep the good deeds of man as the apple of the eye.

CHAPTER XVIII.

25. When thou hast enough, remember the time of hunger: and when thou art rich, think upon poverty and need.

7. Many

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have refused to lend

for other men's ill dealing, fearing to be defrauded.

8. Yet have thou patience with a man

in poor estate, and delay not to shew him

mercy.

9. Help the poor for the commandment's sake, and turn him not away because of his poverty.

10. Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.

11. Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the Most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

12. Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.

13. It shall fight for thee against thy enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.

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CHAPTER V.

7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

CHAPTER VI.

1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

3. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4. That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures

upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

CHAPTER X.

42. Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, He shall in no wise lose his reward.

CHAPTER XXV.

31. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32. And before him shall be gathered

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