1:19One MessageMany witnesses · one GOD
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Plain text of Fragments of the Sayings and Parables of Ahikar

Do not withhold thy son from beating, if thou......

My son, if I beat thee, thou diest not. And if I leave on thy......

Watch carefully over thy mouth...... and make thy heart slow (?), for the word spoken is like a bird, and he who utters it is like a man without...... the craft of the mouth is mightier than the craft......

Do not conceal (?) the word of a king......

They deal with trees by fire, with flesh by a knife, and with......

Let not thy heart rejoice in the multitude of children, and over their fewness (be not thou discouraged).

The king is as a merciful man, also his voice is higher than that of him who stands before him......

The king is fair to look on as the sun, and for them that walk the earth, his adornment is costly......

(My son), I have lifted sand, and I have carried salt, but there was nothing heavier than......

I have lifted straw and handled (?) the plough...... and there was nothing lighter than the man who dwells in......

The panther met the goat, and it was naked; and the panther answered and said to the goat, Come and I will cover thee with my skin.

The goat answered and said to the panther, Why...... my skin? Take it not from me.

The wolf came to the lambs (?)...... and I will be silent. The lambs answered and said, Take what thou wantest from us...... Nothing lies in a man's power, to lift up his foot or to set it......

(Thou hast bent) thy bow and shot thy arrow at one who is more righteous than thou. That is a sin against our GOD.

A loan is heavy, and borrow thou not from a man...... and if thou contractest a loan, give thy soul no peace until......

...... in thine ears, for the charm of a man in his trustiness, and his hatred is lying with his lips (?).

The son of my body has spied out my house...... he has told strangers......

He has become a false witness against me, and who now will declare my righteousness?

With him that is higher than thyself (do not be familiar?) with him that is stronger...... than thyself, do not......

...... and be not insolent to thy father.

The thorn-bush sent to the pomegranate and said: How numerous are thy thorns for him who handles thee!

The pomegranate answered and said to the thorn-bush: Thou art all thorns for him who handles thee.