Ben Sira 30:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 I would rather have bodily health than any gold,
and contentment of spirit than pearls.
16 No riches are greater than a healthy body;
and no happiness than a joyful heart.
17 Better is death than a wretched life,(A)
everlasting sleep than constant illness.
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