1 Esdras 4:18-20

Common English Bible

¹⁸ If men gather gold and silver or any valuable thing, and then see a desirable and beautiful woman, ¹⁹ they forget everything to gaze at her. With mouths wide open, they stare at her. All choose her over gold, silver, or any other valuable thing. ²⁰ A man leaves his own father, who raised him, and his own country, and clings to his own wife.