Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't be jealous of a sinner's success; you don't know what kind of disaster is in store for him. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. Sirach 9:9For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire. Sirach 9:10 Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. Sirach 9:12 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: Sirach 9:13 And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. Context Sirach 9…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. 12Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:… Cross References Sirach 9:9 For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire. Sirach 9:10 Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. Sirach 9:12 Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: Sirach 9:13 And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. |