Sirach 42:9-13
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Daughters and Fathers
9 A daughter keeps her father secretly wakeful,
and worry over her robs him of sleep;
when she is young, lest she do not marry,
or if married, lest she be hated;
10 while a virgin, lest she be defiled
or become pregnant in her father’s house;
or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful,
or, though married, lest she be barren.
11 Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter,
lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies,
a byword in the city and notorious[a] among the people,
and put you to shame before the great multitude.
12 Do not look upon any one for beauty,
and do not sit in the midst of women;
13 for from garments comes the moth,
and from a woman comes woman’s wickedness.
Footnotes
- Sirach 42:11 Gk called out
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