Sirach 38:9–15

9 My son, when you are sick do not be negligent,

but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.

10 Give up your faults and direct your hands aright,

and cleanse your heart from all sin.

11 Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice, and a memorial portion of fine flour,

and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.

12 And give the physician his place, for the Lord created him;

let him not leave you, for there is need of him.

13 There is a time when success lies in the hands of physicians,

14 for they too will pray to the Lord

that he should grant them success in diagnosis

and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.

15 He who sins before his Maker,

may he fall into the care of a physician.