Sirach 30:10–18
10Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end.↗
11Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies.↗
12Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat him on the sides while he is a child, lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you, and there be sorrow to your soul.↗
13Chastise your son, and give him work, lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you.↗
14Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit, than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.↗
15Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure.↗
16There is no wealth better than health of body. There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.↗
17Death is better than a bitter life, and eternal rest than a continual sickness.↗
18Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like food offerings laid upon a grave.↗
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