# Sirach 40:28

**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/40/28
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 40](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/40)
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My son, lead not a beggar’s life; for better it is to die than to beg.