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Be faithful in friendship. Don't be arrogant. Keep your distance from your enemies and be careful with your friends. From your youth, devote yourself to learning and until your gray hairs you will find wisdom.
Sir.6:1 And do not become an enemy from a friend, for a bad name receives shame and disgrace as its inheritance; so is the sinner who is bilingual.
Sir.6:2 Do not exalt yourself in the thoughts of your soul, lest your soul be torn to pieces like an ox:
Sir.6:3 You will destroy your leaves and destroy your fruit, and you will remain like a dry tree.
Sir.6:4 The evil soul will destroy its owner and make him the laughing stock of his enemies.
2–4. A person who is proud of his real or imaginary merits exposes himself to the constant danger of being exposed and humiliated.
Sir.6:5 Sweet lips will increase friends, and a kind tongue will increase affection.
5. Affectionate treatment and kind speech help to live in peace.
Sir.6:6 Let those who live with you in the world be many, and let one of a thousand be your advisor.
6. Not every person who is close to you will want or be able to be a faithful and wise leader and advisor for you.
Sir.6:7 If you want to gain a friend, gain him by testing and do not quickly entrust yourself to him.
Sir.6:8 A friend is there at the right time, and will not remain with you in the day of your trouble;
Sir.6:9 And there is a friend who turns into an enemy and opens a quarrel to your reproach.
Sir.6:10 He is a friend when he eats, but he will not remain with you in the day of your trouble.
Sir.6:11 In your possessions he will be like you, and he will treat your household with impudence;
Sir.6:12 But if you are humiliated, he will be against you and will hide from your presence.
Sir.6:13 Keep your distance from your enemies and be careful with your friends.
Sir.6:14 A faithful friend is a strong defense: whoever finds him has found a treasure.
Sir.6:15 There is no price for a true friend, and there is no measure of his kindness.
Sir.6:16 A faithful friend is medicine for life, and those who fear the Lord will find him.
16. Wed. 17th century A faithful friend will advise and insist for good.
Sir.6:17 He who fears the Lord directs his friendship in such a way that, as he is, so is his friend.
Sir.6:18 My son! From your youth, devote yourself to learning, and until your gray hairs you will find wisdom.
Sir.6:19 Approach it as one who plows and sows, and expect its good fruits:
Sir.6:20 For you will labor in cultivating it for a little while, and soon you will eat its fruits.
Sir.6:21 For the ignorant it is very severe, and the foolish will not stay with it:
Sir.6:22 It will be on him like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to throw it off.
Sir.6:23 Wisdom lives up to its name, and is revealed to few.
Sir.6:24 Listen, my son, and accept my opinion, and do not reject my advice.
Sir.6:25 Put her fetters on your feet and her chain on your neck.
Sir.6:26 Give her your shoulder, and carry her, and do not be burdened by her bonds.
Sir.6:27 Draw near to her with all your soul, and with all your strength keep her ways.
Sir.6:28 Search and seek, and it will be known to you and, having become its owner, do not leave it;
Sir.6:29 For at last you will find peace in her, and she will turn into your joy.
Sir.6:30 Her fetters will be your strong defense, and her chains a glorious robe;
Sir.6:31 For she wears gold ornaments, and her bonds are hyacinth threads.
Sir.6:32 You will be clothed with it like the robe of glory, and you will put it on yourself as a crown of joy.
Sir.6:33 My son! if you desire it, you will learn, and if you surrender your soul to it, you will be capable of everything.
Sir.6:34 If you listen to it with love, you will understand it, and if you incline your ear, you will be wise.
Sir.6:35 Be in the assembly of the elders, and if anyone is wise, cleave to him; love to listen to every sacred story, and do not let rational parables elude you.
Sir.6:36 If you see a wise man, go to him early in the morning, and let your foot wear out the thresholds of his doors.
Sir.6:37 Meditate on the commandments of the Lord and always learn from His commandments: He will strengthen your heart, and the desire for wisdom will be given to you.
18–37. Do not become weak in acquiring wisdom. True wisdom and its benefits are given only to those who desire them and persistently strive for them, regardless of the labors, hardships and obstacles that lie on the way to achieving them.