11 Watch out for an impudent eye, and don’t be surprised if it sins against you. (WEB)
Sirach 26:11
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Sirach 31:12–14
12 Do you sit at a great table? Don’t be greedy there. Don’t say, “There is a lot of food on it!” (WEB) 13 Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing. What has been created more greedy than an eye? Therefore it sheds tears from every face. (WEB) 14 Don’t stretch your hand whereve… (WEB)
Sirach 9:4–6
4 Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer, lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks. (WEB) 5 Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her. (WEB) 6 Don’t give your soul to prostitutes, that you not lose your inheritance. (WEB)
Proverbs 23:32–34
32 In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities. 34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
Proverbs 6:24–26
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. 25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. 26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
Proverbs 10:9–11
9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. 10 He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin. 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Sirach 14:7–9
7 Even if he does good, he does it in forgetfulness. In the end, he reveals his wickedness. (WEB) 8 A miser is evil. He turns away and disregards souls. (WEB) 9 A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion. Wicked injustice dries up his soul. (WEB)
Testament of Reuben 1:33–35
33 And now, my children, love the truth, and it will preserve you: hear ye the words of Reuben your father. (T12) 34 Pay no heed to the face of a woman, (T12) 35 Nor associate with another man's wife, (T12)
Sirach 25:20–22
20 As walking up a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man. (WEB) 21 Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty. Don’t desire a woman for her beauty. (WEB) 22 There is anger, impudence, and great reproach if a woman supports her husband. (WEB)
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