Sirach 9:1–9
1Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.↗
2Don’t give your soul to a woman and let her trample down your strength.↗
3Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute, lest perhaps you fall into her snares.↗
4Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks.↗
5Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.↗
6Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance.↗
7Don’t look around in the streets of the city. Don’t wander in its deserted places.↗
8Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.↗
9Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest perhaps your soul turn away to her, and with your spirit you slide into destruction.↗
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