Ben Sira 38:20

20 Do not give your heart to grief; drive it away, and remember your own end.

Ben Sira 38:20 In-Context

18 For grief may result in death, and a sorrowful heart saps one's strength.

19 When a person is taken away, sorrow is over; but the life of the poor weighs down the heart.

20 Do not give your heart to grief; drive it away, and remember your own end.

21 Do not forget, there is no coming back; you do the dead no good, and you injure yourself.

22 Remember his fate, for yours is like it; yesterday it was his, and today it is yours.