English Bible
Sirach 9
Big screen- 1Be not jealous over the wife of your bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against yourself.
- 2Give not your soul to a woman to set her foot upon your substance.
- 3Meet not with an harlot, lest you fall into her snares.
- 4Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest you be taken with her attempts.
- 5Gaze not on a maid, that you fall not by those things that are precious in her.
- 6Give not your soul to harlots, that you lose not your inheritance.
- 7Look not round about you in the streets of the city, neither wander you in the solitary place thereof.
- 8Turn away your eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.
- 9Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in your arms, and spend not your money with her at the wine; lest your heart incline to her, and so through your desire you fall into destruction.
- 10Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, you shall drink it with pleasure.
- 11Envy not the glory of a sinner: for you know not what shall be his end.
- 12Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished to their grave.
- 13Keep you far from the man that has power to kill; so shall you not doubt the fear of death: and if you come to him, make no fault, lest he take away your life presently: remember that you go in the midst of snares, and that you walk upon the battlements of the city.
- 14As near as you can, guess at your neighbor, and consult with the wise.
- 15Let your talk be with the wise, and all your communication in the law of the most High.
- 16And let just men eat and drink with you; and let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
- 17For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
- 18A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.