Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't try to prove your manhood by how much you can drink. Wine has been the ruin of many. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body. Sirach 31:23Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man: Sirach 31:24 Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him. Sirach 31:26 Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words. Sirach 31:27 In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee. Context Sirach 31…24Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him. 25And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body. 26Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.… Cross References Sirach 31:23 Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man: Sirach 31:24 Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him. Sirach 31:26 Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words. Sirach 31:27 In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee. |