Sirach 30:23
Good News Translation
Enjoy yourself and be happy; don't worry all the time. Worry never did anybody any good, and it has destroyed many people.

New Revised Standard Version
Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and no advantage ever comes from it.

Contemporary English Version
So enjoy life and forget sorrow, because sorrow never helps, and it has destroyed many.

New American Bible
Distract yourself and renew your courage, drive resentment far away from you; For grief has killed many, and nothing is to be gained from resentment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life.

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The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life.

Sirach 30:21
He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing.

Sirach 30:22
Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.

Sirach 30:24
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.

Sirach 30:25
For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.

Context
Sirach 30
22Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. 23The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life. 24Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 30:21
He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing.

Sirach 30:22
Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.

Sirach 30:24
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.

Sirach 30:25
For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 30:22
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