Sirach 31:1
Good News Translation
Worrying about money will make you lose weight and lose sleep.

New Revised Standard Version
Wakefulness over wealth wastes away one’s flesh, and anxiety about it drives away sleep.

Contemporary English Version
The rich lie awake at night worrying about their money, and they waste away from lack of rest.

New American Bible
Wakefulness over wealth wastes away the flesh, and anxiety over it drives away sleep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.

Sirach 30:26
Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.

Sirach 30:27
A cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.

Sirach 31:2
The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.

Sirach 31:3
The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.

Context
Sirach 31
1Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep. 2The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.…
Cross References
Sirach 30:26
Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.

Sirach 30:27
A cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.

Sirach 31:2
The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.

Sirach 31:3
The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 30:27
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