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¹ O Lord, Father and Governor of all my whole life, leave me not to their counsels, and let me not fall by them.

² Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over mine heart? that they spare me not for mine ignorances, and it pass not by my sins:

³ Lest mine ignorances increase, and my sins abound to my destruction, and I fall before mine adversaries, and mine enemy rejoice over me, whose hope is far from thy mercy.

⁴ O Lord, Father and God of my life, give me not a proud look, but turn away from thy servants always a haughty mind.

⁵ Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence, and thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee.

⁶ Let not the greediness of the belly nor lust of the flesh take hold of me; and give not over me thy servant into an impudent mind.

⁷ Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: he that keepeth it shall never be taken in his lips.

⁸ The sinner shall be left in his foolishness: both the evil speaker and the proud shall fall thereby.

⁹ Accustom not thy mouth to swearing; neither use thyself to the naming of the Holy One.

¹⁰ For as a servant that is continually beaten shall not be without a blue mark: so he that sweareth and nameth God continually shall not be faultless.

¹¹ A man that useth much swearing shall be filled with iniquity, and the plague shall never depart from his house: if he shall offend, his sin shall be upon him: and if he acknowledge not his sin, he maketh a double offence: and if he swear in vain, he shall not be innocent, but his house shall be full of calamities.

¹² There is a word that is clothed about with death: God grant that it be not found in the heritage of Jacob; for all such things shall be far from the godly, and they shall not wallow in their sins.

¹³ Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing, for therein is the word of sin.

¹⁴ Remember thy father and thy mother, when thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, and so thou by thy custom become a fool, and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse they day of thy nativity.

¹⁵ The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words will never be reformed all the days of his life.

¹⁶ Two sorts of men multiply sin, and the third will bring wrath: a hot mind is as a burning fire, it will never be quenched till it be consumed: a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he hath kindled a fire.

¹⁷ All bread is sweet to a whoremonger, he will not leave off till he die.

¹⁸ A man that breaketh wedlock, saying thus in his heart, Who seeth me? I am compassed about with darkness, the walls cover me, and no body seeth me; what need I to fear? the most High will not remember my sins:

¹⁹ Such a man only feareth the eyes of men, and knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun, beholding all the ways of men, and considering the most secret parts.

²⁰ He knew all things ere ever they were created; so also after they were perfected he looked upon them all.

²¹ This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and where he suspecteth not he shall be taken.

²² Thus shall it go also with the wife that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another.

²³ For first, she hath disobeyed the law of the most High; and secondly, she hath trespassed against her own husband; and thirdly, she hath played the whore in adultery, and brought children by another man.

²⁴ She shall be brought out into the congregation, and inquisition shall be made of her children.

²⁵ Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.

²⁶ She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her reproach shall not be blotted out.

²⁷ And they that remain shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and that there is nothing sweeter than to take heed unto the commandments of the Lord.

²⁸ It is great glory to follow the Lord, and to be received of him is long life.

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Adam's Ecclesiasticus Chapter 23 comment on 8/22/2022, 9:39pm...

Hi Dorthy,

The Bible says we will sleep until Jesus returns in the following verses and possibly more:

1 Cor 15:18-20

1 Thess 4:13-18

Job 14:12

Daniel 12:2

This scripture debunks what the other people are saying about people NOT sleeping to await Jesus. I believe what God says over what man says. Don't believe what I say either, but just look at God's truth and decide. But when I read these verses and pray about it its 100% clear what it means to me.

Those claiming immediate heaven may require ignoring these 4 verses and choosing only 2 scriptures and interpret them too broadly: (1) the one where Paul says he'd "rather" be with the Lord. Paul only states his preference. I prefer to be with the Lord too, but that doesn't automatically mean 100% of all people forever will skip judgement and be in heaven immediately. And (2) the verse about Jesus telling the criminal on this day he'll be in paradise doesn't automatically mean 100% of all people will have this, and doesn't invalidate the other 4 verses where it clearly says we'll "sleep" awaiting Jesus, and paradise is a different word than heaven and some think it might even be a place of waiting.

Suggest just following the scriptures and praying for wisdom and understanding rather than believing any unscriptural opinions. God bless.

The same topic is also discussed here and probably other places too:

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Discussion-Thread-198701/#198838

Mishael's Ecclesiasticus Chapter 23 comment on 8/22/2022, 8:16am...

All souls belong to God. When we die, our souls are eternal. They go to one of two places; heaven, unto the lover of your soul. Or the other place.

Ezekiel 18:4 View whole chapter

Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

If you read the rest of Ezekiel 18, you will see that Satan is a hunter of souls. God is at war with him.

Jesus went to the Cross willingly, to make payment for your souls eternal home with Him.

Why not visit the Link: BECOME A BELIEVER

out on the red landing page you came in these chat rooms on. It is a decision that must be settled before our physical death.

May you find peace and safety in Jesus today.

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