| Translated by Frederik Wisse | |||
| 1 | ( 157 ) [... ] is a sign of ignorance. | ||
| 2 | ( 158 / 159 ) Love the truth, and the lie use like poison. | ||
| 3 | ( 160 ) May the right time precede your words. | ||
| 4 | ( 161 / 162 ) Speak when it is not proper to be silent, but speak concerning the things you know ( only ) then when it is fitting. | ||
| 5 | ( 163 a ) The untimely word is characteristic of an evil mind. | ||
| 6 | ( 163 b ) When it is proper to act, do not use a word. | ||
| 7 | ( 164 a ) Do not wish to speak first in the midst of a crowd. | ||
| 8 | ( 164 b ) While it is a skill to speak, it is also a skill to be silent. | ||
| 9 | ( 165 a ) It is better for you to be defeated while speaking the truth, than to be victorious through deceit. | ||
| 10 | ( 165 b ) He who is victorious through deceit is defeated by the truth. | ||
| 11 | ( 165 c ) Untrue words are a characteristic of evil persons. | ||
| 12 | ( 165 d ) There has to be a great crisis before the lie is necessary. | ||
| 13 | ( 165 e ) When there is someone, while you speak the truth, even if you lie there is no sin. | ||
| 14 | ( 165 f ) Do not deceive anyone, especially him who needs advice. | ||
| 15 | ( 166 ) Faithful is he who is first with all good works. | ||
| 16 | ( 167 ) Wisdom leads the soul to the place of God. | ||
| 17 | ( 168 ) There is no kinsman of the truth except wisdom. | ||
| 18 | ( 169 ) It is not possible for a believing nature to become fond of lying. | ||
| 19 | ( 170 ) A fearful and slavish nature will not be able to partake in faith. | ||
| 20 | ( 171 a ) When you are faithful, what it is fitting to say is not of greater value than the hearing. | ||
| 21 | ( 171 b ) When you are with believing persons, desire to listen rather than to speak. | ||
| 22 | ( 172 ) A pleasure-loving man is useless in everything. | ||
| 23 | ( 173 ) When there is no ( accounting of ) sin, do not speak in anything ( which is ) from God. | ||
| 24 | ( 174 ) The sins of those who are ignorant are the shame of those who have taught them. | ||
| 25 | ( 175 ) Those on account of whom the name of God is blasphemed are dead before God. | ||
| 26 | ( 176 ) A wise man is a doer of good works after God. | ||
| 27 | ( 177 ) May your life confirm your words before those who hear. | ||
| 28 | ( 178 ) What it is not right to do, do not even consider doing it. | ||
| 29 | ( 179 ) What you do not want to happen to you, do not do it yourself either. | ||
| 30 | ( 180 ) What it is shameful to do, is also... | ||
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| 31 | ( 307 / 308 ) He is a wise man who commends God to men, and God thinks more highly of the wise man than his own works. | ||
| 32 | ( 309 ) After God, no one is as free as the wise man. | ||
| 33 | ( 310 ) Everything God possesses, the wise man has also. | ||
| 34 | ( 311 / 312 ) The wise man shares in the kingdom of God; an evil man does not want the foreknowledge of God to come to pass. | ||
| 35 | ( 313 ) An evil soul flees from God. | ||
| 36 | ( 314 ) Everything bad is the enemy of God. | ||
| 37 | ( 315 ) What thinks in you, say with your mind that it is man. | ||
| 38 | ( 316 ) Where your thought is, there is your goodness. | ||
| 39 | ( 317 ) Do not seek goodness in flesh. | ||
| 40 | ( 318 ) He who does not harm the soul neither does ( so ) to man. | ||
| 41 | ( 319 ) After God, honor a wise man, since he is the servant of God. | ||
| 42 | ( 320 ) To make the body of your soul a burden is pride, but to be able to restrain it gently when it is necessary, is blessedness. | ||
| 43 | ( 321 ) Do not become guilty of your own death. Do not be angry at him who will take you out of ( the ) body and kill you. | ||
| 44 | ( 322 ) If someone brings the wise man out of the body wickedly, he rather does what is good for him, for he has been released from bonds. | ||
| 45 | ( 323 ) The fear of death grieves man because of the ignorance of the soul. | ||
| 46 | ( 324 ) ( It were better ) for you had the man-killing sword not come into being; but when it comes, say with your mind that it does not exist. | ||
| 47 | ( 325 / 326 a ) Someone who says " I believe, " even if he spends a long time pretending, he will not prevail, but he will fall; as your heart is, ( so ) will be your life. | ||
| 48 | ( 326 b ) A godly heart produces a blessed life. | ||
| 49 | ( 327 ) He who will plot evil against another, he is the first [... ]. | ||
| 50 | ( 328 ) Let not an ungrateful man cause you to cease to do good. | ||
| 51 | ( 329 ) Do not say with your mind that these things which were asked, ( and ) you gave immediately, are more valuable than the receiver. | ||
| 52 | ( 330 ) You will use great property, if you give to the needy willingly. | ||
| 53 | ( 331 ) Persuade a senseless brother not to be senseless; if he is mad, protect him. | ||
| 54 | ( 332 / 334 ) Strive eagerly to be victorious over every man in prudence; maintain self-sufficiency. | ||
| 55 | ( 333 ) You cannot receive understanding unless you know first that you possess ( it ). In everything there is again this sentence. | ||
| 56 | ( 335 ) The members of the body are a burden to those who do not use them. | ||
| 57 | ( 336 ) It is better to serve others than to make others serve you. | ||
| 58 | ( 337 ) He whom God will not bring out of ( the ) body, let him not burden himself. | ||
| 59 | ( 338 ) Not only do not hold an opinion which does not benefit the needy, but also do not listen to it. | ||
| 60 | ( 339 ) He who gives something without respect commits an outrage. [... ]. | ||
| 61 | ( 340 ) If you take on the guardianship of orphans, you will be the father of many children ( and ) you will be beloved of God. | ||
| 62 | ( 341 ) He whom you serve because of honor, you have served for a wage. | ||
| 63 | ( 342 ) If you have given that which honors you..., you have given not to man, but you have given for your own pleasure. | ||
| 64 | ( 343 / 344 ) Do not provoke the anger of a mob. Know, then, what is fitting for the fortunate man to do. | ||
| 65 | ( 345 ) It is better to die than to darken the soul because of the immoderation of the belly. | ||
| 66 | ( 346 ) Say with your mind that the body is the garment of your soul: keep it, therefore, pure since it is innocent. | ||
| 67 | ( 347 ) Whatever the soul will do while it is in ( the ) body, it has as witnesses when it goes into judgment. | ||
| 68 | ( 348 / 349 ) Unclean demons do lay claim to a polluted soul; a faithful ( and ) good soul, evil demons will not be able to hinder in the way of God. | ||
| 69 | ( 350 ) Do not give the word of God to everyone. | ||
| 70 | ( 351 ) For those who are corrupted by glory it is not assuring to hear about God. | ||
| 71 | ( 352 / 353 ) It is not a small danger for us to speak the truth about God; do not say anything about God before you have learned from God. | ||
| 72 | ( 354 / 356 ) Do not speak with a godless person about God; if you are polluted on account of impure works, do not speak about God. | ||
| 73 | ( 357 ) The true word about God is the word of God. | ||
| 74 | ( 355 ) Speak concerning the word about God as if you were saying it in the presence of God. | ||
| 75 | ( 358 ) If first your mind is persuaded that you have been god-loving, then speak to whomever you wish about God. | ||
| 76 | ( 359 ) May your pious works precede every word about God. | ||
| 77 | ( 360 ) Do not wish to speak with a crowd about God. | ||
| 78 | ( 361 ) Be ( more ) sparing with a word about God ( than ) about a soul. | ||
| 79 | ( 362 ) It is better to dispose of a soul than to discard at random a word about God. | ||
| 80 | ( 363 a ) You conceive the body of a god-loving man, but you will not be able to rule over his speech. | ||
| 81 | ( 363 b ) The lion also rules over the body of the wise man; also the tyrant rules over it alone. | ||
| 82 | ( 364 ) If a tyrant threatens you, then, especially, remember God. | ||
| 83 | ( 365 ) He who speaks the word of God to those for whom it is not lawful, he is the betrayer of God. | ||
| 84 | ( 366 ) It is better for you to be silent about the word of God, than to speak recklessly. | ||
| 85 | ( 367 / 368 ) He who speaks lies about God is lying to God; a man who does not have anything truthful to say about God is abandoned by God. | ||
| 86 | ( 369 ) It is not possible for you to know God when you do not worship him. | ||
| 87 | ( 370 ) A man who does evil to someone will not be able to worship God. | ||
| 88 | ( 371 ) The love of man is the beginning of godliness. | ||
| 89 | ( 372 ) He who takes care of men while praying for all of them - this is the truth of God. | ||
| 90 | ( 373 / 374 ) It is God`s business to save whom he wants; on the other hand, it is the business of the pious man to beseech God to save everyone. | ||
| 91 | ( 375 ) When you pray for something and it happens to you through God, then say with your mind that you have [... ]. | ||
| 92 | ( 376 a ) A man who is worthy of God, he is God among men, and he is the son of God. | ||
| 93 | ( 376 b ) Both the great one exists and he who is next to the great one exists. | ||
| 94 | ( 377 / 378 ) It is better for man to be without anything than to have many things while not giving to the needy; so also you, if you pray to God, he will not give to you. | ||
| 95 | ( 379 ) If you, from your whole heart, give your bread to the hungry, the gift is small, but the willingness is great with God. | ||
| 96 | ( 380 ) He who thinks that no one is in the presence of God, he is not humble towards God. | ||
| 97 | ( 381 ) He who makes his mind like unto God as far as he is able, he is the one who honors God greatly. | ||
| 98 | ( 382 ) God does not need anything, but he rejoices over those who give to the needy. | ||
| 99 | ( 383 ) The faithful do not speak many words, but their works are numerous. | ||
| 100 | ( 384 ) It is a faithful person fond of learning who is the worker of the truth. | ||
| 101 | ( 385 ) Adjust [... ] the calamities, in order that [... ]. | ||
| 102 | ( 386 ) If you do not do evil to anyone, you will not be afraid of anyone. | ||
| 103 | ( 387 ) The tyrant will not be able to take away happiness. | ||
| 104 | ( 388 ) What is right to do, do it willingly. | ||
| 105 | ( 389 a ) What is not right to do, do not do it in any way. | ||
| 106 | ( 389 b ) Promise everything rather than to say " I am wise ". | ||
| 107 | ( 390 ) What you do well, say with your mind that it is God who does it. | ||
| 108 | ( 391 ) No man who ( looks ) down upon the earth and upon tables is wise. | ||
| 109 | ( 392 ) The philosopher who is an outer body, he is not the one to whom it is fitting to pay respect, but ( the ) philosopher according to the inner man. | ||
| 110 | ( 393 ) Guard yourself from lying; there is he who deceives and there is he who is deceived. | ||
| 111 | ( 394 / 395 ) Know who God is, and know who is the one who thinks in you; a good man is the good work of God. | ||
| 112 | ( 396 ) They are miserable because of whom the word is blasphemed. | ||
| 113 | ( 397 ) Death will not be able to destroy [... ]. | ||
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