Ben Sira 38:1-7

1 Honor a physician with the honor due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him, for the Lord hath created him.

2 For from the Most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honor from the king.

3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head, and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.

4 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth, and he that is wise will not abhor them.

5 Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?

6 And He hath given men skill, that He might be honored in His marvelous works.

7 With such doth He heal men, and taketh away their pains.