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Sirach 9:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sirach 9:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman,
and do not gaze at beauty belonging to another;
many have been seduced by a woman’s beauty,
and by it passion is kindled like a fire.
9 Never dine with another man’s wife,
or revel with her at wine;
or your heart may turn aside to her,
and in blood[a] you may be plunged into destruction.
Choice of Friends
10 Do not abandon old friends,
for new ones cannot equal them.
A new friend is like new wine;
when it has aged, you can drink it with pleasure.
Footnotes
- Sirach 9:9 Heb: Gk by your spirit
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
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