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Sirach 31:20 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Healthy sleep comes from moderate eating. He rises early, and his wits are with him. The pain of wakefulness, colic, and griping are with an insatiable man. "

Sirach 31:20

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18 And if you sit among many, Don’t reach out your hand before them.

19 How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little. He doesn’t breathe heavily in his bed.

20 Healthy sleep comes from moderate eating. He rises early, and his wits are with him. The pain of wakefulness, colic, and griping are with an insatiable man.

21 And if you have been forced to eat, rise up in the middle of it, and you shall have rest.

22 Hear me, my son, and don’t despise me, and in the end you will appreciate my words. In all your works be skillful, and no disease will come to you.

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Sirach 31:1

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

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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."

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