Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Enjoy yourself and be happy; don't worry all the time. Worry never did anybody any good, and it has destroyed many people. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life. Sirach 30:21He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing. Sirach 30:22 Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Sirach 30:24 Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee. Sirach 30:25 For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it. Context Sirach 30…22Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. 23The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life. 24Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.… Cross References Sirach 30:21 He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing. Sirach 30:22 Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. Sirach 30:24 Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee. Sirach 30:25 For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it. |