Prologue - Set not thy heart upon goods unjustly gotten; for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity. -Ecclesiasticus 5:8
1 - Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to a enemy? -Eccesiasticus 37:2
2 - Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy faters have set. -Proverbs 22:28
3 - Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. -Job 21:32
4 - If children live honestly, and have wherewithal, they shall cover the baseness of their parents. -Eccesiasticus 22:9
5 - Without councel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counselors they are established. -Proverbs 15:22
6 - Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. -Eccesiasticus 7:24
7 - Hast thou saughters? Have a care of their body, and show not thyself cheerful toward them. -Eccesiasticus 7:24
8 - The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. -I Timothy 5:2
9 - Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein. -Jeremiah 6:16
10 - Hear councel, and receive instruction. -Proverbs 19:20
11 - Though shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. -Isaiah 62:3
12 - Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. -Isaiah 3:25
13 - Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. -James 4:9
14 - Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father. -Genesis 50:5
15 - And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you. -Baruch 1:14
16 - Then shall the lame man leap as an hart... -Isaiah 35:6
17 - So they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. -Micah 2:2
18 - Hast thou children? Instruct them, and bow down their neck from their youth. -Eccesiasticus 7:23
19 - Wrath is cruel, and and is outrageous, but who is able to stand before envy? -Proverbs 27:4
20 - May choirs of angels receive thee... -Introit for the Funeral Liturgy
21 - Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. -Proverbs 26:26
22 - The Lord hath set at naught all my mighty men in the midst of me. -Lamentations 1:15
23 - And he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fahters. -II Chronicles 35:24
24 - He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. -Job 20:24
25 - A wise man shall promote himself to honor with his words, and he that hath understanding will please great men. -Eccesiasticus 20:27
26 - For I was my fahter's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. -Proverbs 4:3
27 - Blame not before thou hast examined the truth; understand first, and then rebuke. -Eccesiasticus 11:7
28 - He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate. -Eccesiasticus 39:7
29 - Marry thy daughter, and so shall thou have performed a weighty matter, but give her to a man of understanding. -Eccesiasticus 7:25
Epilogue - Before I formed them in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I santified thee.... -Jeremiah 1:5