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3 The rich hath great labour in gathering riches together; and when he resteth, he is filled with his delicates.
5 He that loveth gold shall not be justified, and he that followeth corruption shall have enough thereof.
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?
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.
16 Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour note, lest thou be hated.
19 A very little is sufficient for a man well nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind short upon his bed.
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.
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.
23 Whoso is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him; and the report of his good housekeeping will
be believed.
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.
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.
28 Wine measurably drunk and in season bringeth gladness of the heart, and cheerfulness of the mind: