Sirach 18:30-33

Self-controlz

30 Don't go after your desires, and restrain yourself from your appetites.

31 If you cater to your desires, you will become a laughingstock to your enemies.

32 Don't be glad for great luxury, and don't be made needy by an encounter with it.

33 Don't become poor by feasting with borrowed money, when you have nothing in your pocket.

Footnotes

• [a]. The title appears in Gk manuscripts.
• [b]. LXXb adds because you will be plotting against your own life.