Sirach 40:29DRA
Katholisch Bibel · DRA · Vers 29 von 32
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"My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want."
Im Kontext
27There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help.
28The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.
29My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
30The life of him that looketh toward another man’s table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man’s meat.
31But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.