Sirach 30:13-15

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹³Discipline your son and take pains with him,
that you may not be offended by his shamelessness.

¹⁴Better off is a poor man who is well and strong in constitution
than a rich man who is severely afflicted in body.
¹⁵Health and soundness are better than all gold,
and a robust body than countless riches.

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