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Wisdom of Ben Sira 38:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 38:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 38
A Physician and Health Are Gifts of God[a]
1 Honor the physician, for he is essential to you;
for that profession was established by the Lord.
2 The gift of healing comes from the Most High,
and the king provides for the physician’s sustenance.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 38:1 Since, according to the mentality of the time, sickness was regarded primarily as punishment for sin, one had to have recourse to God before all else; yet the service of the physician should not be disdained. His science and his art also come from the Creator. This may be a first step in the recognition of a scientific competence for medicine without opposing it to the faith.
