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Do not tire of those in need by waiting. Try to be pleasant in society and respectful before superiors. In everything, be obedient to the dictates of wisdom, and the Lord will bless you. Love the truth and strive for it to the death. Sir.4:1 My son! do not deny food to the beggar and do not tire the needy with waiting eyes; Sir.4:2 Do not grieve the hungry soul and do not grieve a person in his poverty; Sir.4:3 Do not disturb an already grieved heart and do not delay giving to the needy; Sir.4:4 Do not refuse the oppressed one who begs for help, and do not turn your face away from the beggar; Sir.4:5 Do not turn your eyes away from the one who asks and do not give a person a reason to curse you; Sir.4:6 For when he curses you in the sorrow of his soul, He who created him will hear his prayer. Sir.4:7 In the assembly, try to be pleasant and bow your head before the highest; Sir.4:8 Incline your ear to the poor and answer him kindly, with meekness; Sir.4:9 Save him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him, and do not be cowardly when you judge; Sir.4:10 Be like a father to the orphans, and like a husband to their mothers: 10. Instead of a husband, i.e. protector and nourisher. Sir.4:11 And you will be like the son of the Most High, and He will love you more than your mother. Sir.4:12 Wisdom exalts her sons and supports those who seek her: Sir.4:13 He who loves her loves life, and those who seek her from early morning will be filled with joy: 13. Wisdom is a faithful mentor to a godly, happy and long life. Sir.4:14 He who possesses it will inherit glory, and wherever he goes, the Lord will bless him; Sir.4:15 Those who serve her serve the Holy One, and the Lord loves those who love her; Sir.4:16 He who obeys her will judge the nations, and he who listens to her will live securely; 16. A wise person can successfully serve his neighbors as their judge, adviser and leader. Sir.4:17 Whoever trusts in her will inherit her, and his descendants will possess her: Sir.4:18 For first she will go with him along crooked paths, and will bring fear and fear upon him Sir.4:19 And he will torment him with his guidance until he is confident in his soul and tempts him with his statutes; Sir.4:20 but then she will come out to him on the straight path and make him glad Sir.4:21 And he will reveal his secrets to him. 18–21. The path to acquiring wisdom and establishing it is difficult and requires great effort from a person’s mind, will and heart. But to an even greater extent, the consequences of assimilating wisdom are beneficial for him. Sir.4:22 If he turns aside from the path, she leaves him and gives him into the hands of his fall. 22. Wisdom shuns and punishes with misfortune those who stubbornly shun the advice of wisdom. Sir.4:23 Watch the time and keep yourself from evil - Sir.4:24 And you will not be ashamed for your life: Sir.4:25 There is shame that leads to sin, and there is shame that leads to glory and grace. 25. Shame leading to sin is a false shame that prevents a cowardly person from being openly pious and sometimes forces him to do deeds of wickedness instead of deeds of piety. Such shame is dangerous and reprehensible. Another kind of shame is beneficial for a person - shame not before a sinful person, but before a righteous God; shame that prevents a person from committing any deviation from the Divine will understood by man. Such shame is the glory of a person and deserves grace from the Lord God. Sir.4:26 Do not show partiality against your soul and do not be ashamed to your harm. Sir.4:27 Do not withhold a word when it can help: Sir.4:28 For wisdom is learned by speech, and knowledge by the speech of the tongue. Sir.4:29 Do not contradict the truth and be ashamed of your ignorance. Sir.4:30 Do not be ashamed to confess your sins and do not hold back the flow of the river. 30. Consciousness and confession of one’s sins is as natural and beneficial for a person as the flow of river waters is natural and beneficial. Sir.4:31 Do not obey a foolish man and do not look upon a strong man. 31. refers to verse 32. Sir.4:32 Strive for the truth to the point of death, and the Lord God will fight for you. Sir.4:33 Do not be quick with your tongue and lazy and careless in your deeds. Sir.4:34 Do not be like a lion in your house and be suspicious of your household. Sir.4:35 Let not your hand be stretched out to receive and closed when giving. 35. Wed. Sir. 1–11 art.; Acts 20:35.