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 you do, you note will never get
rich; if you don't pay attention
to small matters, you will
gradually ruin yourself.
2 Wine and
women make sensible men do foolish
things. A man who goes to prostitutes
gets more and more careless,
3 and that carelessness will cost him
his life. Worms will feed on his decaying
body.
4 It is silly to trust people too
quickly. If you sin, you are hurting
yourself.
5 If wickedness makes you
happy, you will be condemned.
Loose Talk
6 Avoid idle talk, and you will
avoid a lot of trouble.
7 Never repeat
what you hear, and you will have no
regrets.
8 Don't tell it to your friends
or your enemies unless it would be
sinful to keep it to yourself.
9 Whoever
hears you will take note of it,
and sooner or later will hate you for
it.
10 Have you heard a rumor? Let it
die with you. Be brave! It won't
make you explode.
11 A foolish person
trying to keep a secret suffers
like a woman in labor.
12 Any time he
hears a secret, it's like an arrow
stuck in his leg.
13 If you hear that a friend has
done something wrong, ask him
about it. Maybe it isn't true. If it is
true, he won't do it again.
14 If you
-- --
hear that a neighbor has said something
he shouldn't, ask him about it.
Maybe he didn't say it. If he did, he
won't say it again.
15 If you hear
something bad about a friend, ask
him about it. It might be a lie. Don't
believe everything you hear.
16 A
person may say something carelessly
and not really mean it. Everyone
has sinned in this way at one
time or another.
17 If you hear something
that makes you angry with
your neighbor, ask him about it before
you threaten him. Leave the
matter to the Law of the Most
High. note
Recognizing Real Wisdom
20 Fear the Lord and keep his Law;
that is what Wisdom is all about. note
22 You may know everything there is
to know about wickedness, but that
does not make you wise. It is not
sensible to follow the advice of sinners.
23 It is possible to use cleverness
for wicked purposes, but some
people act like fools because they
don't know any better.
24 A devout
person, even if he is not very intelligent,
is better off than the cleverest
of sinners.
25 It is possible to be marvelously
clever and still be dishonest,
or to get what you want by
being absurdly polite.
26 Then there are those wicked
people who go about looking very
solemn and mournful, but who are
only trying to deceive you.
27 They
will turn their faces away and pretend
not to hear you, but they'll take
advantage of you when you least expect
it.
28 If for some reason they are
unable to sin now, they'll get around
to it at the first opportunity.
29 You
can know a man by his appearance.
The first time you look at him, you
can tell if he has good sense.
30 His
character shows in the way he
dresses, the way he laughs, and the
way he walks.
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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