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]