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15 Put yourself in your companion’s place,
    and be considerate in everything.
16 Eat what’s put in front of you
like a normal human being,[a]
    and don’t chew rudely,
    or you will be hated.
17 Be the first to stop,
to show your good breeding,
    and don’t be gluttonous;
    otherwise, you will offend.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 31:16 Heb like a well-mannered person

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