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Sirach 9

  1. 1Be not jealous over the wife of your bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against yourself.
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  2. 2Give not your soul to a woman to set her foot upon your substance.
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  3. 3Meet not with an harlot, lest you fall into her snares.
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  4. 4Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest you be taken with her attempts.
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  5. 5Gaze not on a maid, that you fall not by those things that are precious in her.
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  6. 6Give not your soul to harlots, that you lose not your inheritance.
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  7. 7Look not round about you in the streets of the city, neither wander you in the solitary place thereof.
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  8. 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.
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  9. 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.
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  10. 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.
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  11. 11Envy not the glory of a sinner: for you know not what shall be his end.
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  12. 12Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished to their grave.
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  13. 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.
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  14. 14As near as you can, guess at your neighbor, and consult with the wise.
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  15. 15Let your talk be with the wise, and all your communication in the law of the most High.
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  16. 16And let just men eat and drink with you; and let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
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  17. 17For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
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  18. 18A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.
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