19 How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little. He doesn’t breathe heavily in his bed. (WEB)
Sirach 31:19
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Isaiah 28:19–21
19 As often as it passes through, it will carry you away; it will sweep through morning after morning, by day and by night.” The understanding of this message will bring sheer terror. 20 Indeed, the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket too small to wr…
Ecclesiastes 5:11–13
11 When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes? 12 The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep. 13 There i…
Sirach 29:22–24
22 Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs than sumptuous fare in another man’s house. (WEB) 23 With little or with much, be well satisfied. (WEB) 24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house. Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth. (WEB)
Testament of Judah 3:15–17
15 After I had drunk wine I reverenced not the commandment of God, and I took a woman of Canaan to wife. (T12) 16 For much discretion needeth the man who drinketh wine, my children; and herein is discretion in drinking wine, a man may drink so long as he preserveth modest… (T12)
Sirach 19:29–30
29 A man will be known by his appearance. One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him. (WEB) 30 A man’s attire, grinning laughter, and the way he walks show what he is. (WEB)
2 Baruch 48:13–15
13 But with Thee hours are as a time, And days as generations. (2BA) 14 Be not therefore wroth with man; for he is nothing (2BA) 15 And take not account of our works; For what are we? For lo! by Thy gift do we come into the world, And we depart not of our own will. (2BA)
Isaiah 2:21–22
21 They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth. 22 Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Sirach 40:5–7
5 there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest, fear of death, anger, and strife. In the time of rest upon his bed, his night sleep changes his knowledge. (WEB) 6 He gets little or no rest, and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch, he is troubled in the vis… (WEB)
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