Ben Sira 24:21-31

21 They that eat me shall yet be hungry, and they that drink me shall yet be thirsty.
22 He that obeyeth me shall never be confounded, and they that work by me shall not do amiss."
23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, even the law which Moses commanded for a heritage unto the congregations of Jacob.
24 Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that He may confirm you, cleave unto Him; for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and besides Him there is no other Savior.
25 He filleth all things with His wisdom, as Pishon and as Tigris in the time of the new fruits.
26 He maketh the understanding to abound like the Euphrates, and as the Jordan in the time of the harvest.
27 He maketh the doctrine of knowledge appear as the light, and as Gihon in the time of vintage.
28 The first man knew her not perfectly; no more shall the last find her out.
29 For her thoughts are more than the sea, and her counsels profounder than the great deep.
30 I also came out as a brook from a river, and as a conduit into a garden.
31 I said, "I will water my best garden, and will water abundantly my garden bed"; and, lo, my brook became a river, and my river became a sea.
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