Sirach 9:7
Good News Translation
So don't go looking about in the streets or wandering around in the run-down parts of town.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not look around in the streets of a city, or wander about in its deserted sections.

Contemporary English Version
So don't look for them; stay off the lonely streets where they are found.

New American Bible
Do not look around the streets of the city or wander through its squares.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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

Sirach 9:6
Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.

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

Sirach 9:9
For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.

Context
Sirach 9
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. 8Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.…
Cross References
Sirach 9:5
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.

Sirach 9:6
Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.

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

Sirach 9:9
For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

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