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Sirach 23:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 23:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Concerning Sexual Sins
16 Two kinds of individuals multiply sins,
and a third incurs wrath.
Hot passion that blazes like a fire
will not be quenched until it burns itself out;
those who commit incest with their near of kin
will never cease until the fire burns them up.(A)
17 To the sexually immoral all bread is sweet;
he will never weary until he dies.(B)
18 The one who sins against his marriage bed
says to himself, “Who can see me?
Darkness surrounds me, the walls hide me,
and no one sees me. Why should I worry?
The Most High will not remember my sins.”(C)
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