Sirach 9:8-14

{9:8} Avert your face from an ornate woman, for you should not gaze upon strange beauty.
{9:9} Many have perished because of the beauty of a woman; and by this, desire is kindled like a fire.
{9:10} Every woman who is a fornicator will be trampled down, like the filth in the street.
{9:11} Many, by admiring the beauty of the wife of another, have become reprobate. For familiarity with her flares up like a fire.
{9:12} You should not sit down at all with another man’s wife, nor recline with her on a couch.
{9:13} And you should not argue with her over wine, lest perhaps your heart may turn toward her, and by your emotion, you would be toppled into perdition.
{9:14} You should not abandon an old friend. For a new one will not be similar to him.

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