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Ecclesiasticus 41
1.O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
2.To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
3.O death thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
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4.Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
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5.Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
6.And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
7.For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
8.The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
9.The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
10.The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
11.Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
12.And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
13.All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
14.The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
15.Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
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- Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, Volume II. On the Precepts of God and of the Church, Part First. On the Precepts of the Theological Virtues, Book Third. On the Precepts of Charity, Question Second. On Charity of Self, Article Second. On the Precepts of Charity of Self, n. 66
- Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology, Volume II. On the Precepts of God and of the Church, Part Second. On the Precepts of the Decalogue, Book Seventh. On the Eighth Precept of the Decalogue, Question Third. On Lesion of Reputation, Article Second. On Detraction and Calumny, n. 645
- Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology, Volume I, Book II. On the Exercise of the Christian Life, or on the Cultivation of the Virtues, Treatise II. On the Cultivation of the Moral Virtues, Dissertation I. On the Precepts of the Decalogue, Part VII. On the Seventh and Tenth Precepts of the Decalogue, Section I. On Commutative Justice Itself, Chapter I. On Commutative Justice Generally, Article II. On the Objects of Commutative Justice, or on Strict Rights, § I. On Strict Rights Considered in Themselves, Point I. On Ownership Generally, II. On the Objects of Ownership, n. 766
- McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology, Volume I, Part II. Special Moral Theology, Question I. The Duties of All Classes of Men, Art. 9. The Sins Against Beneficence, The Commandment of Love of Self, n. 1575
- McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology, Volume II, Part II. Special Moral Theology (Continued), Question II. The Duties of All Classes of Men (the Moral Virtues), Art. 4. The Vices Opposed to Commutative and Distributive Justice, Contumely, n. 2019
- McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology, Volume II, Part II. Special Moral Theology (Continued), Question II. The Duties of All Classes of Men (the Moral Virtues), Art. 4. The Vices Opposed to Commutative and Distributive Justice, Defamation, n. 2044
- Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology, Volume I (1914), On the Fifth Precept of the Decalogue, III. On the Killing of an Unjust Aggressor, n. 733
- Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology, Volume II (1914), On the Eighth Precept of the Decalogue, II. On Detraction, n. 1487
- Tanquerey, Volume III. On Justice, Contracts, and the Obligations of States of Life, On the Virtue of Justice (Volume III), Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, n. 37
- Koch–Preuss, Volume III: Man's Duties to Himself, Part II: Vocational Duties, Chapter IV: Duties in Regard to Honor, Section 1: Notion and Value of Honor, ¶ 6
- Koch–Preuss, Volume V: Man's Duties to His Fellowmen, Part I: Man’s Duties to his Fellowmen Individually, Chapter III: Duties with Regard to the Ideal Possessions of Others, Section 2: Sins Against the Honor and Good Name of Others, ¶ 30
- Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis, Volume II, Treatise XI. On The Virtue Of Justice And The Opposed Vices, Section I. On Right And On The Virtue Of Justice Itself, Question I. On Right Itself, Chapter II. On The Object Of Right Or Dominion, n. 7
- Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis, Volume II, Treatise XI. On The Virtue Of Justice And The Opposed Vices, Section I. On Right And On The Virtue Of Justice Itself, Question III. On The Violation Of Justice And The Reparation Of Violated Justice, Chapter III. On Unjust Damaging, Article IV. On Unjust Damaging By Words, II. On Injuries By Words Outside Judgments, § 6. On Injury To Reputation, n. 189
- Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions, III. Questions Concerning Various Categories of Penitents (1933), Concerning Various Categories of Penitents, Chapter II: Concerning Penitents Various According to the Condition of the Body, Question IV: Concerning Men and Women, ¶ 2362
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- Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis, Volume II. On the Moral Virtues (1935), Special Moral Theology: On Moral Virtues, Treatise: On the Cardinal Virtue of Justice and on the Annexed Virtues, Third Part: Concerning Commutative Justice, Section B: On Justice and Injustice in Involuntary Exchanges, Chapter IV: On Injuries of Words in the Goods of Reputation and Honor, Question Two: On Detraction, n. 432
- Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part (II-II), Question 73: Backbiting, art. 2
- Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part (II-II), Question 132: Vainglory, art. 1
16.A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
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17.My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
18.Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
19.Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
20.For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
21.Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
22.Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
23.Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
24.Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
25.Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
26.Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
27.Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
28.Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.