12:6 For the Most High himself detests sinners, and will repay the wicked with a vengeance. 12:7 Give to the good man, and do not go to the help of a sinner. If they be not sent from the most High in thy visitation, set not thy heart upon them.

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. 2 # Tob 4.18; Deut 14.29b; Matt 6.4; Luke 6.35. Age has cut him off from life. The book of Hosea stands first in the division of the Bible called the Book of the Twelve (in the Apocrypha cf. No good will come to the man who persists in evil or to him who does not give alms. 7 For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them. 12:8 In prosperity you cannot always tell a true friend, but in adversity you cannot mistake an enemy. 12. 5 Doe well vnto him that is lowly, but giue not to the vngodly: hold backe thy bread, and giue it not vnto him, lest he ouermaster thee thereby.
1 THEWISDOMOFJESUSTHESONOF SIRACH, OR ECCLESIASTICUS TheWisdomofJesustheSonofSirach,alsocalledEcclesias-ticus,isrecognizedasDeuterocanonicalScripturebythe The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious.] Ecclesiasticus 12:6 Context. The Greek Septuagint also includes the Books of Wisdom and Sirach.
The silver "cord being loosed" and the "bowl being broken" is speaking of the life of man being over, or poured out. The Protestant church generally does not believe these books are inspired and therefore canonical, that is authoritative and deserving to be a part of the Bible as the Word of God. 1 Do no evil, so shall no harm come unto thee.. 2 Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.. 3 My son, sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.. 4 Seek not of the Lord preeminence, neither of the king the seat of honour.. 5 justify not thyself before the Lord; and boast not of thy wisdom before the king. John Trapp Complete Commentary. The water of life, now, does not flow. This Book is so called from a Greek word that signifies a preacher: because, like an excellent preacher, it gives admirable lessons of all virtues. 3 Who can find out the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the deep, and wisdom?. Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid— if not by him, certainly by the Most High. Ecclesiastes is one of the Wisdom Books of Hebrew Scripture, along with Psalms, Job, Proverbs, and the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon). Ecclesiasticus 12:6 Context. Remember Your Creator … 5 when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets. 4 Giue to the godly man, and helpe not a sinner.

17 Whoever fears the Lord makes true friends, for as a person is, so is his friend too.. 18 My child, from your earliest youth choose instruction, and till your hair is white you will keep finding wisdom.. 19 Like ploughman and sower, cultivate her and wait for her fine harvest, for in tilling her you will toil a little while, but very soon you will be eating her crops. Ecclesiasticus 49:10; see essay, p. 1790) or the Minor Prophets (a name referring to the brevity of these books as compared to Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel). 1 All wisdom cometh from the Lord, and is with him for ever.. 2 Who can number the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of eternity?.