Sirach 19:2
Good News Translation
Wine and women make sensible men do foolish things. A man who goes to prostitutes gets more and more careless,

New Revised Standard Version
Wine and women lead intelligent men astray, and the man who consorts with prostitutes is reckless.

Contemporary English Version
Even a wise man can be deceived by wine and women, and men who visit prostitutes are taking terrible risks.

New American Bible
Wine and women make the heart lustful, and the companion of prostitutes becomes reckless.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent:

Sirach 18:33
Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life.

Sirach 19:1
A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.

Sirach 19:3
And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.

Sirach 19:4
He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.

Context
Sirach 19
1A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little. 2Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent: 3And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.…
Cross References
Sirach 18:33
Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life.

Sirach 19:1
A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.

Sirach 19:3
And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.

Sirach 19:4
He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 19:1
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