Sirach 42:1–8

^aOf these things be not thou ashamed,

And ^baccept no person to sin thereby:

^2cOf the law of the most High, and his covenant;

And of judgment to justify the ungodly;

³Of reckoning with thy partners and travellers;

Or of the gift of the heritage of friends;

^4dOf exactness of balance and weights;

Or ^eof getting much or little;

⁵And of merchants’ indifferent selling;

Of much ^fcorrection of children;

And ^gto make the side of an evil servant to bleed.

⁶Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is;

And shut up, where many hands are.

^7hDeliver all things in number and weight;

And put all in writing that thou givest out, or receivest in.

⁸ⁱBe not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish,

And ^kthe extreme aged that contendeth with those that are young:

Thus shalt thou be truly learned,

And approved of all men living.