Sirach 13:24-26

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²⁴Riches are good if they are free from sin;
poverty is evil only in the opinion of the ungodly.

²⁵The heart changes the countenance,
either for good or for evil.^[a]
²⁶The sign of a happy heart is a cheerful face,
but to devise proverbs requires painful thinking.

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Sirach 13:25 Other ancient authorities add and a glad heart makes a cheerful countenance

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