Sirach 31:27
Good News Translation
Wine can put new life into you if you drink it in moderation. What would life be like without it? Wine was created to make us happy.

New Revised Standard Version
Wine is very life to human beings if taken in moderation. What is life to one who is without wine? It has been created to make people happy.

Contemporary English Version
A little wine is refreshing, and to live without wine is hardly living at all. God created wine to make us happy.

New American Bible
Wine is very life to anyone, if taken in moderation. Does anyone really live who lacks the wine which from the beginning was created for joy?

Douay-Rheims Bible
In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.

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In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.

Sirach 31:25
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 31:26
Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.

Sirach 31:28
The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.

Sirach 31:29
Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.

Context
Sirach 31
26Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words. 27In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee. 28The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.…
Cross References
Sirach 31:25
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 31:26
Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.

Sirach 31:28
The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.

Sirach 31:29
Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 31:26
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