Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 19:1

ΕΡΓΑΤΗΣ μέθυσος οὐ πλουτισθήσεται· ὁ ἐξουθενῶν τὰ ὀλίγα κατὰ μικρὸν πεσεῖται.
King James Version (KJV)

A labouring man that is given to drunkenness shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things shall fall by little and little.

Modern English

A laborer given to drunkenness will not grow rich, and whoever despises small things will fail little by little.

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