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Ben Sira 25:24-26
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24 With a woman sin had a beginning,
    and because of her we all die.[a]
25 Allow water no outlet,
    and no boldness of speech to a wicked woman.
26 If she does not go along as you direct,
    cut her away from you.

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Footnotes

  1. 25:24 Ben Sira refers to the story of the first sin in Gn 3:1–6. Cf. 2 Cor 11:3 and 1 Tm 2:14. St. Paul, however, singles out Adam; cf. Rom 5:12–19; 1 Cor 15:22.
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