Given by: Jesus ben Sira (the sage), naming what pleases God and men. Given to: 'my son' — the reader.

In Israel the household and the neighbourhood were the setting of daily life; Ben Sira praises the concord of brethren, love of neighbours, and marital harmony as the flourishing of a devout common life.

With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men: The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and man and wife that agree well together.

Three things please the sage and are approved by God and men: harmony among kin, love among neighbours, and a husband and wife who agree well.

Sirach 25:1

Your Spirit

Loves God

Loves Neighbor

Your Body

Moral Behaviour