 | 1895 - 344 pagine
...19. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it ; and a nattering mouth worketh ruin. 20. If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour ; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. 21. He that can rule bis tongue shall live FOE THE without strife ; and he that hateth babbling shall... | |
 | Joseph Butler - 1896 - 488 pagine
...conclude with some precepts and reflections of the Son of Sirach upon this subject. Be swift to hear; and, if thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour;...hand upon thy mouth. Honour and shame is in talk. A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city, and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated. A... | |
 | William Ewart Gladstone - 1896 - 484 pagine
...precepts and reflections of the Son of Sirach upon this subject. Be mijt to hear; and, if thou hust understanding, answer thy neighbour ; if not, lay...hand upon thy mouth. Honour and shame is in talk. A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city, and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated. A... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1899 - 224 pagine
...upon thy mouth. 25 Glory and dishonour is in talk : And the tongue of a man is his fall. An Epigram Be not called a whisperer ; And lie not in wait with thy tongue : For upon the thief there is shame, And an evil condemnation upon him that hath a double tongue. *... | |
 | Richard Green Moulton - 1896 - 332 pagine
...be upon thy mouth. Glory and dishonour is in talk : And the tongue of a man is his fall. An Epigram Be not called a whisperer ; And lie not in wait with thy tongue : For upon the thief there is shame, And an evil condemnation upon him that hath a double tongue. *... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1899 - 672 pagine
...thy word be the same. Be swift to hear ; and let thy life be sincere ; and with patience give answer. If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour ;...a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue, for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue. ty. Send, O LORD.... | |
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 pagine
...thy word be the same. Be swift to hear; and let thy life be sincere; and with patience give answer. If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour;...a whisperer, and lie not in wait with thy tongue; for a foul shame is upon the thief, and an evil condemnation upon the double tongue. Be not ignorant... | |
 | 1903 - 384 pagine
...thy word be the same. Be swift to heare, and let thy life be sincere, And with patience give answere. If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour,...lay thy hand upon thy mouth. Honour and shame is in talke ; And the tongue of man is his fall. Be not called a whisperer, And lye not in wait with thy... | |
 | 1904 - 214 pagine
...another encourages the useful alone, it takes them both to form a man. — Goethe. FEBRUARY 20. Morning. If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour ; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. — Ecclesiasticus. Evening. For never anything can be amiss when simpleness and duty tender it. —... | |
 | 1906 - 216 pagine
...hand be upon thy mouth. 13 u Glory and dishonour is in talk : And the tongue of a man is his fall. 14 Be not called "a whisperer ; And lie not in wait with thy tongue : For upon the thief there is shame, And an evil condemnation upon him /'thul. hath a double tongue.... | |
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If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth. Honour and shame is in talk: and the tongue of man is his fall. Be not... 
