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18 If you have been seated
with a lot of people,
    don’t help yourself before they do.

19 A little food is more than enough
for well-educated people!
    They won’t gasp for breath
    when they lie down to sleep.
20 Healthy sleep depends
on not stuffing yourself.
    Such people arise early and feel good.[a]
    The gluttons suffer the pains of insomnia, nausea, and colic.

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  1. Sirach 31:20 LXX and their spirit with them

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