THE WISDOME OF IESUS THE SONNE OF SIRACH, OR ECCLESIASTICUS. (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV

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Ecclesiasticus Chapter 2 Original 1611 KJV Bible Scan

CHAP. II.

1 Gods seruants must looke for trouble, 7 and be patient, and trust in him. 12 For woe to them that doe not so. 15 But they that feare the Lord, will doe so.

¹ My sonne, if thou come to serue the Lorde, prepare thy soule for temptation.¹

² Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.²

³ Cleaue vnto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.

⁴ Whatsoeuer is brought vpon thee, take cheerefully, and bee patient when thou art changed to a lowe estate.

⁵ For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of aduersitie.⁵

⁶ Beleeue in him, and he will helpe thee, order thy way aright, and trust in him.

⁷ Ye that feare the Lord, waite for his mercie, and goe not aside, lest ye fall.

⁸ Yee that feare the Lord, beleeue him, and your reward shall not faile.

⁹ Ye that feare the Lord, hope for good, and for euerlasting ioy and mercy.

¹⁰ Looke at the generations of old, and see, did euer any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his feare, & was forsaken? or whom did hee euer despise, that called vpon him?

¹¹ For the Lord is full of compassion, and mercie, longsuffering, and very pitifull, and forgiueth sinnes, and saueth in time of affliction.¹¹

¹² Woe be to fearefull hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two wayes.