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Sirach 7:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 7:24
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
24 Do you have daughters? Be concerned for their chastity,[a]
and do not show yourself too indulgent with them.[b](A)
Sirach 7:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 7:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 Give a daughter in marriage, and you complete a great task,
but give her to a sensible man.
1 Corinthians 7:36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Corinthians 7:36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
36 If anyone thinks that he is behaving indecently toward his fiancée,[a] if his passions are strong and so it has to be, let him marry as he wishes; it is no sin. Let them marry.
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