23:29. For all things were known to the Lord God, before they were created: so also after they were perfected he beholdeth all things. 23:30. This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and he shall be chased as a colt: and where he suspected not, he shall be taken. 23:31. And he shall be in disgrace with all men, because he understood not the fear of the Lord. 23:32. So every woman also that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another: 23:33. For first she hath been unfaithful to the law of the most High: and secondly, she hath offended against her husband: thirdly, she hath fornicated in adultery, and hath gotten her children of another man. 23:34. This woman shall be brought into the assembly, and inquisition shall be made of her children. 23:35. Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit. 23:36. She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her infamy shall not be blotted out. 23:37. And they that remain shall know, that there is nothing better than the fear of God: and that there is nothing sweeter than to have regard to the commandments of the Lord. 23:38. It is great glory to follow the Lord: for length of days shall be received from him. Ecclesiasticus Chapter 24 Wisdom praiseth herself: her origin, her dwelling, her dignity, and her fruits. 24:1. Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people, 24:2. And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power, 24:3. And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly. 24:4. And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying: 24:5. I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures: 24:6. I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth: 24:7. I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud. 24:8. I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea, 24:9. And have stood in all the earth: and in every people, 24:10. And in every nation I have had the chief rule: 24:11. And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. 24:12. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle, 24:13. And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect. 24:14. From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.