Sirach 9:1-9

Revised Standard Version

9 Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom,
    and do not teach her an evil lesson to your own hurt.
² Do not give yourself to a woman
    so that she gains mastery over your strength.
³ Do not go to meet a loose woman,
    lest you fall into her snares.
⁴ Do not associate with a woman singer,
    lest you be caught in her intrigues.
⁵ Do not look intently at a virgin,
    lest you stumble and incur penalties for her.
⁶ Do not give yourself to harlots
    lest you lose your inheritance.
⁷ Do not look around in the streets of a city,
    nor wander about in its deserted sections.
⁸ Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman,
    and do not look intently at beauty belonging to another;
many have been misled by a woman’s beauty,
    and by it passion is kindled like a fire.
⁹ Never dine with another man’s wife,
    nor revel with her at wine;
lest your heart turn aside to her,
    and in blood^[a] you be plunged into destruction.