OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 30:15

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Health and fitness are better than all gold, and a strong body better than wealth without measure.

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Verse 15. Justice. This is the first of all advantages. Calmet.—Thales pronounced him happy who was healthy and rich, and whose “soul was well tutored.” Laert.—Greek “health and a good constitution are preferable to all gold, and a,” and so forth Bible.

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