OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 37:30

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For overeating brings disease, and gluttony causes nausea.

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Verse 30. Life. Attempt nothing above thy strength: or Greek try what agrees with thy health or soul, ( Calmet.) and see thou give it not what is hurtful to it.” Bible.—Saint Paul (1 Corinthians 11) exhorts every one to prove or try himself and his own conscience. Worthington.

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