Sirach 9:1-5
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1 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
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2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.
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3 Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
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4 Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
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5 Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.