1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom, and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself. (WEB)
Sirach 9:1
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Sirach 7:25–27
25 Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding. (WEB) 26 Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful. (WEB) 27 Honor your father with your whole heart, a… (WEB)
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.
Sirach 9:8–10
8 Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman, and don’t gaze at another’s beauty. Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman; and with this, passion is kindled like a fire. (WEB) 9 Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband, or revel with her at wine, lest… (WEB) 10 … (WEB)
Sirach 26:10–12
10 Keep strict watch on a headstrong daughter, lest she find liberty for herself, and use it. (WEB) 11 Watch out for an impudent eye, and don’t be surprised if it sins against you. (WEB) 12 She will open her mouth like a thirsty traveller, and drink from every water that is near. S… (WEB)
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)
Sirach 4:29–31
29 Don’t be hasty with your tongue, or slack and negligent in your deeds. (WEB) 30 Don’t be like a lion in your house, or suspicious of your servants. (WEB) 31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive, and closed when you should repay. (WEB)
Proverbs 6:33–35
33 Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. 34 For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. 35 He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Leviticus 18:17–19
17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved. 18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a ri…
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