Sirach 40:26-28

Wycliffe Bible

²⁶ Riches and virtues enhance the heart; and (or but) the dread of the Lord (is) more than this. Making less is not in the dread of the Lord; and in that dread it is not to seek help. [Faculties and virtues enhance the heart; and over these the dread of the Lord. There is not in the dread of the Lord less(en)ing; and there is not in it to seek help.]

²⁷ The dread of the Lord is as (a) paradise of blessing; and the blessings of God covered him above all glory.

²⁸ Son, in the time of thy life, be thou not needy, that is, in (the) time of (thy) present life, granted to thee to work well, be thou not idle; for it is better to die, than to be needy [or better (it) is to die, then to need], that is, it is better to die bodily, than to be idle, by which a man dieth ghostly (or spiritually).