Sirach 34 — GMV

34 Verse 1 Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, ^{Verse 2} Watching care will not let a man slumber, ^{Verse 3} The rich hath great labor in gathering riches together; ^{Verse 4} The poor laboreth in his poor estate; ^{Verse 5} He that loveth gold shall not be justified, ^{Verse 6} Gold hath been the ruin of many, ^{Verse 7} It is a stumbling block unto them that sacrifice unto it, ^{Verse 8} Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, ^{Verse 9} Who is he? and we will call him blessed: ^{Verse 10} Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? ^{Verse 11} His goods shall be established, ^{Verse 12} If thou sit at a bountiful table, ^{Verse 13} Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: ^{Verse 14} Stretch not thy hand whithersoever it looketh, ^{Verse 15} Judge of thy neighbor by thyself: ^{Verse 16} Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; ^{Verse 17} Leave off first for manners’ sake; ^{Verse 18} When thou sittest among many, ^{Verse 19} A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, ^{Verse 20} Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: ^{Verse 21} And if thou hast been forced to eat, ^{Verse 22} My son, hear me, and despise me not, ^{Verse 23} Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; ^{Verse 24} But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city shall murmur; ^{Verse 25} Show not thy valiantness in wine; ^{Verse 26} The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: ^{Verse 27} Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: ^{Verse 28} Wine measurably drunk and in season ^{Verse 29} But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, ^{Verse 30} Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: ^{Verse 31} Rebuke not thy neighbor at the wine,