Holy Scripture
Sirach 30:19
Source: Septuagint
Original
19What good doeth the offering unto an idol? For neither can it eat nor smell: So is he that is persecuted of the Lord.
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17Death is better than a bitter life Or continual sickness.
18Delicacies poured upon a mouth shut up Are as messes of meat set upon a grave.
— Sirach 30:19 —
20He seeth with his eyes and groaneth, As a eunuch that embraceth a virgin and sigheth.
21Give not over thy mind to heaviness, And afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.