Sirach 18:23-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.

²⁴ Remember the wrath that shall be at the last day, and the time of repaying when he shall turn away his face.

²⁵ Remember poverty is the time of abundance, and the necessities of poverty in the day of riches.