Ecclesiasticus 9
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1Be not jealous over #Deut. 13.6 & 28.54,56.the wife of thy bosom,
And teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
2 # Cp. Prov. 31.3. Give not thy soul unto a woman,
That she should set her foot upon thy strength.
3 # Cp. Prov. 7.10,23. Go not to meet a woman that playeth the harlot,
Lest haply thou fall into her snares.
4Use not the company of a woman that is a singer,
Lest haply thou be caught by her attempts.
5 # See Job 31.1. Gaze not on a maid, lest haply thou be trapped #Cp. Deut. 22.29.in her penalties.
6Give not thy soul unto harlots,
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Prov. 6.26 & 29.3. That thou lose not thine inheritance.
7Look not round about thee #Cp. Prov. 7.8,12.in the streets of the city,
Neither wander thou in the solitary places thereof.
8 # Cp. ch. 25.21. Turn away thine eye from a comely woman,
And gaze not on another's beauty:
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1 Esd. 4.27. Cp. 2 Sam. 11.2. By the beauty of a woman many have been led astray;
# Cp. Job 31.9,12. And herewith love is kindled as a fire.
9 # Cp. ch. 41.21. Sit not at all with a woman that hath a husband;#9.9 A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
And revel not with her at the wine;
Lest haply thy soul turn aside unto her,
And with thy spirit thou slide into destruction.
10 # Cp. Prov. 27.10. Forsake not an old friend;
For the new is not comparable to him:
As new wine, so is a new friend;
# Cp. Luke 5.39. If it became old, thou shalt drink it with gladness.
11 # See Ps. 37.1. ENVY not the glory of a sinner;
For thou knowest not what shall be his overthrow.
12Delight not in the delights of the ungodly:
Remember #Prov. 11.21.they shall not go unpunished unto #9.12 Gr. Hades.the grave.
13KEEP thee far from the man that hath #9.13 Or authoritypower to kill,
And thou shalt have no suspicion of the fear of death:
And if thou come unto him, commit no fault,
Lest he take away thy life:
Know surely that thou goest about in the midst of snares,
And walkest upon the battlements of a city.
14AS well as thou canst, guess at thy neighbours;
And #Tob. 4.18. Cp. ch. 8.8.take counsel with the wise.
15 # Cp. ch. 27.12. Let thy converse be with men of understanding;
And let all thy discourse be #Ps. 1.2.in the law of the Most High.
16Let just men be the companions of thy board;
And let #ch. 10.22., Cp. ch. 1.11,12.thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
17For the hand of the artificers a work shall be commended:
And he that ruleth the people shall be counted wise for his speech.
18A man #ch. 8.3.full of tongue is dangerous in his city;
And #Cp. Prov. 18.7.he that is headlong in his speech shall be hated.
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