Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't take pleasure in the things that make ungodly people happy; remember that they will be held guilty as long as they live. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her: Sirach 9:10Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. Sirach 9:11 Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. Sirach 9:13 And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. Sirach 9:14 Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. Context Sirach 9…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: 13And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.… Cross References Sirach 9:10 Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way. Sirach 9:11 Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire. Sirach 9:13 And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her and by thy blood thou fall into destruction. Sirach 9:14 Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him. |