Ben Sira 38:31

31 All these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his work.

Ben Sira 38:31 In-Context

29 So doth the potter, sitting at his work and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;

30 he fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength toward his feet; he applieth himself to glaze it over, and he is diligent to make clean the furnace.

31 All these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his work.

32 Without these cannot a city be inhabited, and they shall not dwell where they will nor go up and down.

33 They shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation; they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.