Sirach 41:27
Douay-Rheims Bible
Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
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Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.

Sirach 41:25
Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.

Sirach 41:26
Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.

Sirach 41:28
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

Sirach 42:1
Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shalt find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:

Context
Sirach 41
26Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring. 27Gaze not upon another man's wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed. 28Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.…
Cross References
Sirach 41:25
Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.

Sirach 41:26
Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.

Sirach 41:28
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.

Sirach 42:1
Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shalt find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 41:26
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