Sirach 37:29
Good News Translation
Don't feel that you just have to have all sorts of fancy food, and don't be a glutton over any food.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not be greedy for every delicacy, and do not eat without restraint;

Contemporary English Version
Control any desire to overeat or to have lots of fancy food at every meal.

New American Bible
Do not go to excess with any enjoyment, neither become a glutton for choice foods;

Douay-Rheims Bible
A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.

Sirach 37:27
A wise man shall be filled with blessings, and they that see shall praise him.

Sirach 37:28
The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.

Sirach 37:30
My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:

Sirach 37:31
For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.

Context
Sirach 37
28The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable. 29A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever. 30My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:…
Cross References
Sirach 37:27
A wise man shall be filled with blessings, and they that see shall praise him.

Sirach 37:28
The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.

Sirach 37:30
My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:

Sirach 37:31
For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 37:28
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