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Ben Sira 29
Ben Sira 29:22
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Ben Sira 29:22
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Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.
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Help thy neighbour according to thy power, and beware that thou thyself fall not into the same.
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The chief thing for life is water, and bread, and clothing, and an house to cover shame.
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Better is the life of a poor man in a mean cottage, than delicate fare in another man's house.
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Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.
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For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.
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