சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:1 — Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:2 — Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:3 — For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:4 — And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:5 — By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:6 — Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:7 — In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall dame out.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:8 — The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:9 — And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:10 — He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:11 — So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:12 — For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:13 — According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:14 — The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:15 — All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:16 — Say not: I shall be hidden from God. and who shall remember me from on high?

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:17 — In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:18 — Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:19 — The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:20 — And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him:

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:21 — And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man see?

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:22 — For many of his works are hidden: hut the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:23 — He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things: and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:24 — Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:25 — And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:26 — The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:27 — He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:28 — Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:29 — Be not thou incredulous to his word.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:30 — After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.

சீராக் (சீராக்கின் ஞானம்) 16:31 — The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.