Deuterocanon Compliance Catalogue
Sirach 30:22
Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel. The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life.
Your Spirit
Loves God
By receiving from God the gladness of heart He gives, rather than surrendering to sadness that despairs of His goodness.
Loves Neighbor
By tending a glad and life-giving heart that
blesses, rather than a self-consumed sorrow that closes in.
Your Body
Moral Behaviour
Do not give your soul up to sadness or self-inflicted misery
tend the gladness of heart that God gives as life and treasure