Ben Sira 13:25

25 It's what is in your heart that makes the expression on your face happy or sad.

Ben Sira 13:25 In-Context

23 When a rich person speaks, everyone is silent, and they praise him to the skies for what he says. But let a poor person speak, and everybody says, "Who is that?" They push him down if he so much as stumbles.

24 There is nothing wrong with being rich if you haven't sinned to get that way. But there is nothing sinful about being poor, either. Only the ungodly think so.

25 It's what is in your heart that makes the expression on your face happy or sad.

26 If you feel cheerful, you will look cheerful, although making up proverbs calls for some intense thought.