Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation People who eat too much get stomach aches and cannot sleep. If you don't overeat, you can get a good night's sleep and wake up early the next morning feeling fine. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend. Sirach 31:18Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself. Sirach 31:19 Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. Sirach 31:21 And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all, and be not the first to ask for drink. Sirach 31:22 How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain. Context Sirach 31…19Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. 20Leave off first, for manners' sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend. 21And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all, and be not the first to ask for drink.… Cross References Sirach 31:18 Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself. Sirach 31:19 Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated. Sirach 31:21 And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all, and be not the first to ask for drink. Sirach 31:22 How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain. |