Sir 31:1 
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the care thereof 
driveth away sleep. 
 
Sir 31:2 
Watching care will not let a man slumber, as a sore disease 
breaketh sleep, 
 
Sir 31:3 
The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and 
when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates. 
 
Sir 31:4 
The poor laboureth in his poor estate; and when he leaveth 
off, he is still needy. 
 
Sir 31:5 
He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that 
followeth corruption shall have enough thereof. 
 
Sir 31:6 
Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was 
present. 
 
Sir 31:7 
It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and 
every fool shall be taken therewith. 
 
Sir 31:8 
Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath 
not gone after gold. 
 
Sir 31:9 
Who is he? and we will call him blessed: for wonderful things 
hath he done among his people. 
 
Sir 31:10 
Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him 
glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, 
and hath not done it? 
 
Sir 31:11 
His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall 
declare his alms. 
 
Sir 31:12 
If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and 
say not, There is much meat on it. 
 
Sir 31:13 
Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is 
created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every 
occasion. 
 
Sir 31:14 
Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust 
it not with him into the dish. 
 
Sir 31:15 
Judge not thy neighbour by thyself: and be discreet in every 
point. 
 
Sir 31:16 
Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before 
thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated. 
 
Sir 31:17 
Leave off first for manners' sake; and be not unsatiable, 
lest thou offend. 
 
Sir 31:18 
When thou sittest among many, reach not thine hand out first 
of all. 
 
Sir 31:19 
A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he 
fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed. 
 
Sir 31:20 
Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: he riseth early, and 
his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and 
pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man. 
 
Sir 31:21 
And if thou hast been forced to eat, arise, go forth, vomit, 
and thou shalt have rest. 
 
Sir 31:22 
My son, hear me, and despise me not, and at the last thou 
shalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, so shall 
there no sickness come unto thee. 
 
Sir 31:23 
Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; 
and the report of his good housekeeping will be believed. 
 
Sir 31:24 
But against him that is a niggard of his meat the whole city 
shall murmur; and the testimonies of his niggardness shall not 
be doubted of. 
 
Sir 31:25 
Shew not thy valiantness in wine; for wine hath destroyed 
many. 
 
Sir 31:26 
The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: so doth wine the 
hearts of the proud by drunkeness. 
 
Sir 31:27 
Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: 
what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made 
to make men glad. 
 
Sir 31:28 
Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the 
heart, and cheerfulness of the mind: 
 
Sir 31:29 
But wine drunken with excess maketh bitterness of the mind, 
with brawling and quarrelling. 
 
Sir 31:30 
Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it 
diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds. 
 
Sir 31:31 
Rebuke not thy neighbour at the wine, and despise him not in 
his mirth: give him no despiteful words, and press not upon him 
with urging him [to drink.]