Sirach 29:27LXX
Bible Orthodoxe · LXX · Verset 27 sur 34
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"The chief thing for man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame."
En contexte
25A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.
26Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.
27The chief thing for man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
28Better is the poor man’s fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man’s house.
29Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.