Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When you see a good-looking woman, look the other way; don't let your mind dwell on the beauty of any woman who is not your wife. Many men have been led astray by a woman's beauty. It kindles passion as if it were fire. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty. Sirach 9:6Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance. Sirach 9:7 Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof. 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. Context Sirach 9…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. 9For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.… Cross References Sirach 9:6 Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance. Sirach 9:7 Look not round about thee in the ways of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof. 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. |