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1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that liveth at rest in his possessions, unto
the man that hath nothing to vex him, and that hath prosperity in all things: yea, unto him that is yet
able to receive meat!
2 O death, acceptable is thy sentence unto the needy, and unto him whose strength faileth, that is now
in the last age, and is vexed with all things, and to him that despaireth, and hath lost patience!
3 Fear not the sentence of death, remember them that have been before thee, and that come after; for this
is the sentence of the Lord over all flesh.
4 And why art thou against the pleasure of the most High? there is no inquisition in the grave, whether
thou have lived ten, or an hundred, or a thousand years.
5 The children of sinners are abominable children, and they that are conversant in the dwelling of the
ungodly.
6 The inheritance of sinners’ children shall perish, and their posterity shall have a perpetual reproach.
8 Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it
shall be to your destruction:
10 All that are of the earth shall turn to earth again: so the ungodly shall go from a curse to destruction.
12 Have regard to thy name; for that shall continue with thee above a thousand great treasures of gold.
14 My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what
profit is in them both?
16 Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: for it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; neither
is it altogether approved in every thing.
18 Of an offence before a judge and ruler; of iniquity before a congregation and people; of unjust dealing
before thy partner and friend;
19 And of theft in regard of the place where thou sojournest, and in regard of the truth of God and his
covenant; and to lean with thine elbow upon the meat; and of scorning to give and take;
21 And to turn away thy face from thy kinsman; or to take away a portion or a gift; or to gaze upon another
man’s wife.