17 Make bitter weeping and make passionate wailing. Let your mourning be according to his merit, for one day or two, lest you be spoken evil of; and so be comforted for your sorrow. (WEB) 18 For from sorrow comes death. Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength. (WEB) 19 In calamity, sorrow also remains. A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart. (WEB)
Sirach 38:17–19
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