Sirach 37:30
Good News Translation
If you eat too much, you'll get sick; if you do it all the time, you'll always have stomach trouble.

New Revised Standard Version
for overeating brings sickness, and gluttony leads to nausea.

Contemporary English Version
You will get sick if you eat too much.

New American Bible
For sickness comes with overeating, and gluttony brings on nausea.

Douay-Rheims Bible
My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:

Sirach 37:28
The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.

Sirach 37:29
A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.

Sirach 37:31
For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.

Sirach 37:32
Be not greedy in any feasting, and pour not out thyself upon any meat:

Context
Sirach 37
29A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever. 30My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power: 31For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.…
Cross References
Sirach 37:28
The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.

Sirach 37:29
A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.

Sirach 37:31
For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.

Sirach 37:32
Be not greedy in any feasting, and pour not out thyself upon any meat:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 37:29
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