Sirach 1:11–21

The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy. 12The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days. 13With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed. 14The love of God is honourable wisdom. 15And they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works. 16The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful. 17The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge. 18Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness. 19It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed. 20To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof. 21She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.