Sirach 9:1
Good News Translation
Don't be jealous of the wife you love. You will only be teaching her how to do you harm.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom, or you will teach her an evil lesson to your own hurt.

Contemporary English Version
Love your wife, but don't act jealous-- that will only invite her to hurt you.

New American Bible
Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom, lest you teach her to do evil against you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.

Sirach 8:21
Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.

Sirach 8:22
Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee.

Sirach 9:2
Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.

Sirach 9:3
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.

Context
Sirach 9
1Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson. 2Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.…
Cross References
Sirach 8:21
Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.

Sirach 8:22
Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee.

Sirach 9:2
Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.

Sirach 9:3
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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