Sirach 30:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ Better is death than a bitter life: and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.

¹⁸ Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as masses of meat set about a grave.

¹⁹ What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell: