Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Ecclesiasticus 31:1-5 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

1. WATCHING for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.

2. The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.

3. The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.

4. The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.

5. He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.