heerful and good heart will have a care of his meat and
diet.

Sir 31:1
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof
driveth away sleep.

Sir 31:2
Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease
breaketh sleep,

Sir 31:3
The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and
when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.

Sir 31:4
The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth
off, he is still needy.

Sir 31:5
He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that
followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.

Sir 31:6
Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was
present.

Sir 31:7
It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and
every fool shall be taken therewith.

Sir 31:8
Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath
not gone after gold.

Sir 31:9
Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things
hath he done among his people.

Sir 31:10
Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him
glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil,
and hath not done it?

Sir 31:11
His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall
declare his alms.

Sir 31:12
If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and
say not, There is much meat on it.

Sir 31:13
Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is
created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every
occasion.

Sir 31:14
Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust
it not with him into the dish.

Sir 31:15
Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every
point.

Sir 31:16
Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before
thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.

Sir 31:17
Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable,
lest thou offend.

Sir 31:18
When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first
of all.

Sir 31:19
A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he
fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.

Sir 31:20
Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and
his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and
pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.

Sir 31:21
And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit,
and thou shalt have rest.

Sir 31:22
My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou
shalt find as I told thee: in all thy wo