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Sirach 30:18
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Sirach 30:18
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Delicates poured upon a mouth shut up are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
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16
There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.
17
Death is better than a bitter life or continual sickness.
18
Delicates 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 of the Lord.
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He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, as an eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.