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38Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.
²For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
³The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
⁴The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
⁵Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
⁶And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
⁷With such doth he heal [men,] and taketh away their pains.
⁸Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,
⁹My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
¹⁰Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.
¹¹Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
¹²Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
¹³There is a time when in their hands there is good success.
¹⁴For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.