Sirach 31:25
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
Do not try to prove your strength by wine-drinking, for wine has destroyed many.

Contemporary English Version
Wine has destroyed many lives, and heavy drinking is no way to prove you are strong.

New American Bible
Let not wine be the proof of your strength, for wine has been the ruin of many.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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 31:23
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.

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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:24
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