Sirach 9:12
Good News Translation
Don't take pleasure in the things that make ungodly people happy; remember that they will be held guilty as long as they live.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not delight in what pleases the ungodly; remember that they will not be held guiltless all their lives.

Contemporary English Version
Don't look for happiness where ungodly people do. You know they won't always get away with their sins.

New American Bible
Do not delight in the pleasures of the ungodly; remember, they will not die unpunished.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:

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Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:

Sirach 9:10
Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.

Sirach 9:11
Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.

Sirach 9:13
And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.

Sirach 9:14
Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.

Context
Sirach 9
11Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. 12Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: 13And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.…
Cross References
Sirach 9:10
Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.

Sirach 9:11
Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.

Sirach 9:13
And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.

Sirach 9:14
Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 9:11
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