Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible 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 9:5Gaze 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. |