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Sirach 30:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it. "

Sirach 30:23

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21 Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.

22 Gladness of heart is the life of a man. Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.

23 Love your own soul, and comfort your heart. Remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.

24 Envy and wrath shorten life. Anxiety brings old age before its time.

25 Those who are cheerful and merry will benefit from their food.

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Related Verses

Ecclesiastes 11:10

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"Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity."

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Sirach 38:18

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"For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength."

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Sirach 38:20

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"Don’t give your heart to sorrow. Put it away, remembering the end."

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Ecclesiastes 7:3

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"Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good."

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Jeremiah 8:18

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"Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me."

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Proverbs 2:10

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"For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul."

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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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