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Sirach 13:24-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 13.25 Other ancient authorities add and a glad heart makes a cheerful countenance
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