Chapter — Douay-Rheims

Ecclesiasticus 3

2.

Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.

3.

For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

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4.

He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.

6.

He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

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7.

He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.

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8.

He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.

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9.

Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,

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10.

That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.

12.

Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.

13.

For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.

15.

And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.

16.

For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.

17.

And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.

20.

The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God:

21.

For great is the power of God alone, and he is honoured by the humble.

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23.

For it is not necessary for thee to see with thy eyes those things that are hid.

24.

In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.

27.

A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.

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28.

A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.

30.

The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.

31.

The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.

32.

A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.

34.

And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.