Hypsiphrone
 
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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