Ben Sira 14:20

20 Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom and reasons intelligently,

Ben Sira 14:20 In-Context

18 Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.

19 Every work decays and ceases to exist, and the one who made it will pass away with it.

20 Happy is the person who meditates on wisdom and reasons intelligently,

21 who reflects in his heart on her ways and ponders her secrets,

22 pursuing her like a hunter, and lying in wait on her paths;

Footnotes

• [a] Other ancient authorities read [dies in]