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Ben Sira 31
Ben Sira 31:1-9
Ben Sira 31
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Ben Sira 31:1-9
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Worrying about money will make you lose weight and lose sleep.
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Worrying about business will keep you from sleeping just as surely as a serious illness does.
3
Rich people work hard to make a lot of money; then they can sit back and live in luxury.
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Poor people work hard and have nothing to show for it, and when they rest, they are still poor.
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No one who loves money can be judged innocent; his efforts to get rich have led him into sin.
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Many people have been ruined because of money, brought face-to-face with disaster.
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Money is a trap for those who are fascinated by it, a trap that every fool falls into.
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A person who gets rich without sinfully chasing after money is fortunate.
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Do you know anyone like that? If so, we will congratulate him for performing a miracle that no one else has ever been able to do.
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[Hebrew] Worrying about business; [Greek] Sleepless worry.
[b].
[Hebrew] have . . . sin; [Greek] will destroy him.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.