On physicians
1 Honor doctors for their services, since indeed the Lord created them.
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Healing comes from the Most High, and the king will reward them.
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The skill of doctors will make them eminent, and they will be admired in the presence of the great.
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The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and a sensible person won't ignore them.
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Wasn't water made sweet by means of wood so that the Lord's strength might be known?
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And he endowed human beings with skill so that he would be glorified through his marvelous deeds.
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With those medicines, the doctor cures and takes away pain.
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Those who prepare ointments will make a compound out of them, and their work will never be finished, and well-being spreads over the whole world from them.
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My child, when you are sick, don't look around elsewhere, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
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Stay far from error, direct your hands rightly, and cleanse your heart from all sin.
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Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice and a memorial of fine flour, and pour an offering of oil, using what you can afford.
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And give doctors a place, because the Lord created them also, and don't let them leave you, because you indeed need them.
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There's a time when success is in their hands as well.
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They will also ask the Lord so that he might grant them rest and healing in order to preserve life.
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May those who sin against their creator fall into the hands of a doctor.
On mourning
16 My child, let your tears flow for the dead; as one who is suffering terribly, give voice to your sorrow. Lay out their bodies in accordance with their wishes, and don't neglect their burial.
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Let your crying be bitter and express your sorrow fervently, and make your mourning worthy of them. Mourn for one day or two so that there can be no criticism, and then be comforted from your grief.
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Too much grief can lead to death, and grief in one's heart will sap one's strength.
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Grief also lingers in misery, and the life of the poor is a curse upon the heart.
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Don't give your heart over to grief; stay away from it, remembering your own end.
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Don't forget that there's no coming back; you won't do them any good, and you will hurt yourself.
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Remember their sentence, because it's yours also: "Yesterday it was I, and today it's you!"
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When the dead are at rest, put their memory to rest, and be comforted for them when their spirit has left.