Sirach 38:1-18
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1 Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.
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2 For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
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3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
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4 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
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5 Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
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6 And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
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7 With such doth he heal [men,] and taketh away their pains.
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8 Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,
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9 My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
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10 Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.
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11 Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
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12 Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
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13 There is a time when in their hands there is good success.
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14 For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.
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15 He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.
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16 My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
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17 Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness.
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18 For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.