◄ Sirach 9:3 ►
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Good News Translation
Keep away from other men's wives or they will trap you.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not go near a loose woman, or you will fall into her snares.

Contemporary English Version
You had best stay away from an immoral woman, or you will be caught in her traps.

New American Bible
Do not go near a strange woman, lest you fall into her snares.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Sirach 9:1
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.

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

Sirach 9:4
Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.

Sirach 9:5
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.

Context
Sirach 9
…2Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded. 3Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares. 4Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.…
Cross References
Sirach 9:1
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.

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

Sirach 9:4
Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.

Sirach 9:5
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.



 (Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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