Sirach 18:30–19:3

30 Do not follow your base desires,

but restrain your appetites.

31 If you allow your soul to take pleasure in base desire,

it will make you the laughingstock of your enemies.

32 Do not revel in great luxury,

lest you become impoverished by its expense.

33 Do not become a beggar by feasting with borrowed money,

when you have nothing in your purse.

Chapter 19

1 A workman who is a drunkard will not become rich;

he who despises small things will fail little by little.

2 Wine and women lead intelligent men astray,

and the man who consorts with harlots is very reckless.

3 Decay and worms will inherit him,

and the reckless soul will be snatched away.