Sirach 9:6
Good News Translation
Don't give yourself to prostitutes, or you may lose everything you own.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not give yourself to prostitutes, or you may lose your inheritance.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let yourself be controlled by a desire for prostitutes, or you will lose everything that you inherited.

New American Bible
Do not give yourself to a prostitute lest you lose your inheritance.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.

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.

Sirach 9:7
Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.

Sirach 9:8
Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.

Context
Sirach 9
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. 7Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.…
Cross References
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.

Sirach 9:7
Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.

Sirach 9:8
Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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