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Sirach 31:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish. "

Sirach 31:14

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12 Do you sit at a great table? Don’t be greedy there. Don’t say, “There is a lot of food on it!”

13 Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing. What has been created more greedy than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face.

14 Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks. Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish.

15 Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own. Be discreet in every point.

16 Eat like a human being those things which are set before you. Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hated.

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Sirach 31:1

"Wakefulness that comes from riches consumes the flesh, and anxiety about it takes away sleep."

Sirach 31:2

"Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber. In a severe disease, sleep will be broken."

Sirach 31:3

"A rich man toils in gathering money together. When he rests, he is filled with his good things."

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"A poor man toils in lack of substance. When he rests, he becomes needy."

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"He who loves gold won’t be justified. He who follows destruction will himself have his fill of it."

Sirach 31:6

"Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold. Their destruction meets them face to face."

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