Ben Sira 40:30

30 The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat.

Ben Sira 40:30 In-Context

28 The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.
29 My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
30 The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man's meat.
31 But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.
32 Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
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