16
Eat like a human being what is set before you, and do not chew greedily, lest you be hated.
17
Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners, and do not be insatiable, lest you give offense.
18
If you are seated among many persons, do not reach out your hand before they do.
19
How ample a little is for a well-disciplined man! He does not breathe heavily upon his bed.
20
Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating; he rises early, and feels fit. The distress of sleeplessness and of nausea and colic are with the glutton.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.