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Sirach 30:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body. "

Sirach 30:14

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12 Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul.

13 Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you.

14 Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.

15 Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure.

16 There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.

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Sirach 30:1

"He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him, that he may have joy from him in the end."

Sirach 30:2

"He who chastises his son will have profit from him, and will brag about him among his acquaintances."

Sirach 30:3

"He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy. Before friends, he will rejoice in him."

Sirach 30:4

"His father dies, and is as though he had not died; for he has left one behind him like himself."

Sirach 30:5

"In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced. When he died, it was without regret."

Sirach 30:6

"He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay kindness to his friends."

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