Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Never abandon old friends; you will never find a new one who can take their place. Friendship is like wine; it gets better as it grows older. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. Sirach 9:8Turn 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. Sirach 9:11 Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. Sirach 9:12 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: Context Sirach 9…9For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire. 10Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. 11Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.… Cross References 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. Sirach 9:11 Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. Sirach 9:12 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: |