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Table Etiquette

12 Are you seated at the table of a great man?[a]
    Do not be greedy[b] at it,
    and do not say, “There is certainly much upon it!”
13 Remember that a greedy[c] eye is a bad thing.
    What has been created more greedy[d] than the eye?
    Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
14 Do not reach out your hand for everything you see,
    and do not crowd your neighbor[e] at the dish.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 31:12 Heb Syr: Gk at a great table
  2. Sirach 31:12 Gk open your throat
  3. Sirach 31:13 Gk evil
  4. Sirach 31:13 Gk evil
  5. Sirach 31:14 Gk him

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