Ben Sira 37:29-31
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
29 Do not go to excess with any enjoyment,(A)
neither become a glutton for choice foods;
30 For sickness comes with overeating,
and gluttony brings on nausea.
31 Through lack of self-control many have died,
but the abstemious one prolongs life.
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