Holy Scripture
Sirach 30:23
A church father on this verse
“"Have compassion on your own soul." Great is the mercy of God our Lord, who invites us to be charitable toward ourselves. He says, "Have compassion on your own soul," that is, "you also should have compassion on yourself, you for whom I feel an aching commiseration, for whom I experience an infinite compassion. If you…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
23Love thine own soul, And comfort thy heart, Remove sorrow far from thee: For sorrow hath killed many, And there is no profit therein.
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21Give not over thy mind to heaviness, And afflict not thyself in thine own counsel.
22The gladness of the heart is the life of man, And the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days.
— Sirach 30:23 —
24Envy and wrath shorten the life, And carefulness bringeth age before the time.
25I woke up last of all, As one that gathereth after the grape-gatherers: By the blessing of the Lord I profited,