Sirach 9:10-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁰ Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.

¹¹ Many by admiring the beauty of another man's wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.

¹² Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:

¹³ And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.

¹⁴ Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.

¹⁵ A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.

¹⁶ Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.