Ben Sira 23:21

21 This man will be punished in the streets of the city, and where he least suspects it, he will be seized

Ben Sira 23:21 In-Context

19 His fear is confined to the eyes of men, and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun; they look upon all the ways of men, and perceive even the hidden places
20 Before the universe was created, it was known to him; so it was also after it was finished.
21 This man will be punished in the streets of the city, and where he least suspects it, he will be seized
22 So it is with a woman who leaves her husband and provides an heir by a stranger.
23 For first of all, she has disobeyed the law of the Most High; second, she has committed an offense against her husband; and third, she has committed adultery through harlotry and brought forth children by another man.
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