Every few days I’m posting five passages that have jumped out at me as I read through Sirach (aka: Ecclesiasticus) once more. Enjoy.

One is better than a thousand, and it’s better to die childless than to have ungodly children. (Sirach 16.3b)

A person’s acts of charity are like a seal with him [God], and he will treasure a person’s generosity like the apple of his eye. (Sirach 17.22)

… whoever neglects the little things will fail little by little. (Sirach 19.1)

Have you heard some word? Let it perish along with you. Have courage! It won’t make you burst. (Sirach 19.10)

“A thief is preferable to someone who continuously lies, but both will inherit destruction.” (Sirach 20.25)