Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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1 If a person never says anything
carelessly, he is to be
congratulated; he doesn't need to
feel guilty.
2 If a person has a clear
conscience and never gives up hope,
he is certainly to be congratulated!
Responsible Use of Wealth
3 It isn't right for someone who is
selfish to be rich. What use is money
to a stingy person?
4 If you deny
yourself in order to accumulate
wealth, you are only accumulating it
for someone else. Others will use
your riches to live in luxury.
5 How
can you be generous with others if
you are stingy with yourself, if you
are not willing to enjoy your own
wealth?
6 No one is worse off than
someone who is stingy with himself;
it is a sin that brings its own punishment.
7 When such a person does
something good, it is only by accident;
his selfishness will sooner or
later be evident.
8 A selfish man is an
evil man; he turns his back on people's
needs
9 and is never satisfied
with what he has. Greed note will shrivel
up a person's soul.
10 Some people
are too stingy to put bread on their
own table.
11 Son, treat yourself as well as
you can, and bring worthy offerings
to the Lord.
12 Remember that death
is coming for you some day, and you
haven't been told when that will be.
13 Before that day comes, be kind to
your friends; be as generous as you
can.
14 Don't deny yourself a single
day's happiness. If there is something
you want to do and it is lawful,
go ahead!
15 Some day all that you
have worked for will be divided up
and given to others.
16 So be generous;
but also be willing to receive
from others. Enjoy yourself, for you
will not find any pleasures in the
world of the dead.
17 The human
body wears out like a piece of clothing.
The ancient law decrees that we
must die.
18 Human beings are like
leaves on a spreading tree. New
growth takes the place of the fallen
leaves; while some of us die, others
are being born.
19 Everything made
by human hands will decay and perish,
along with the person who made
it.
The Happiness of Having Wisdom
20 It is a happy person who is concerned
with Wisdom and who uses
good sense.
21 Anyone who studies
the ways of Wisdom will also learn
her secrets.
22 Go after Wisdom like
a hunter looking for game.
23 Look
into her windows and listen at her
doors.
24 Camp as close to her house
as you can get,
25 and you will have a
fine place to live. note
26
27 Build your
home there, safe beneath her protecting
branches, and shaded from
the heat. note
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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