Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't look too intently at a virgin, or you may find yourself forced to pay a bride price. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee. Sirach 9:3Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares. 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 9:6 Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance. Sirach 9:7 Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof. Context Sirach 9…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. 5Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee. 6Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.… Cross References Sirach 9:3 Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares. 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 9:6 Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance. Sirach 9:7 Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof. |
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