Ben Sira 29:23

23 Be content with little or much.

Ben Sira 29:23 In-Context

21 The essentials for life are water and bread and clothing and a house to cover one's nakedness.

22 Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof than sumptuous food in another man's house.

23 Be content with little or much.

24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house, and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;

25 you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked, and besides this you will hear bitter words: