Sirach 30:25
Good News Translation
A cheerful person with a good attitude will have a good appetite and enjoy his food.

New Revised Standard Version
Those who are cheerful and merry at table will benefit from their food.

Contemporary English Version
If you are cheerful at meals, the food you eat will do you more good.

New American Bible
Those who are cheerful and merry at table benefit from their food.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.

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For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.

Sirach 30:23
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 30:24
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 30:26
Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.

Sirach 30:27
A cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.

Context
Sirach 30
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. 25For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it. 26Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.…
Cross References
Sirach 30:23
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 30:24
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 30:26
Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.

Sirach 30:27
A cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 30:24
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