Catholic Public Domain Version

Sirach 37:30-34 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

30. Son, test your own mind in your life, and if it is lacking, you should not give it authority.

31. For not all things are fitting for all persons, and not every kind of thing is agreeable to every soul.

32. Do not choose to be eager during any feast, and you should not act with excess toward any food.

33. For in excessive eating there will be infirmity, and gluttony will continue even unto illness.

34. By excessive drinking, many have passed away. But he who abstains will add to his life.