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Sirach 9:7-9
Common English Bible
Sirach 9:7-9
Common English Bible
7 Don’t look around in the city streets,
and don’t wander in its deserted areas.
8 Turn your eye away from a shapely woman,
and don’t stare at beauty
belonging to someone else.
Many have gone astray
because of a woman’s beauty,
and out of it affection
flames up like a fire.
9 Don’t ever sit[a] with a married woman,
and don’t share meals
or indulge in wine with her,
since your soul might be attracted to her
and you might slip into destruction
because of your passion.[b]
Footnotes
- Sirach 9:9 Or Don’t sit down at a meal.
- Sirach 9:9 Heb in your passion; LXX in your blood
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