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Daughters and Fathers

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 42:11 Gk called out

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