Sirach 40:24 CPDV

²²  Your eye desires elegance and beauty, but verdant fields are above these things.

²³  A friend and a companion meet one another in time, but above them both is a wife with her husband.

²⁴  Brothers are a help in time of tribulation, but mercy will liberate, more so than they will.

²⁵  Gold and silver provide a firm position for the feet, but well-spoken counsel is above them both.

²⁶  Ability and strength lift up the heart, but the fear of the Lord is above these things.