# Sirach 13:26

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/13/26
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 13](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/13)
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A cheerful countenance is a token of a heart that is in prosperity; and the finding out of parables is a wearisome labour of the mind.