Sirach 40:28 CPDV

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

²⁷  There is no loss in the fear of the Lord, and it has no need to ask for assistance.

²⁸  The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessings, and they have covered it above all glory.

²⁹  Son, in your lifetime you should not be indigent, for it is better to die than to be destitute.

³⁰  The life of him who looks to another man's table should not be thought of as a way of life. For he feeds his life with another man's food.