Ben Sira 30:19

19 What good doeth the offering unto an idol? For neither can it eat nor smell; so is he that is persecuted by the Lord.

Ben Sira 30:19 In-Context

17 Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.

18 Delicacies poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.

19 What good doeth the offering unto an idol? For neither can it eat nor smell; so is he that is persecuted by the Lord.

20 He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as a eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.

21 Give not over thy mind to heaviness, and afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.