Verse (Click for Chapter) Douay-Rheims Bible But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. Sirach 40:29My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sirach 40:30 The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. Sirach 40:32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. Sirach 41:1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions! Context Sirach 40…30The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. 31But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself. 32Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.… Cross References Sirach 40:29 My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want. Sirach 40:30 The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat. Sirach 40:32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire. Sirach 41:1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions! |
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