Sirach 23:6

6 Don't allow gluttony or sexual desire to overtake me, and don't hand me over to a shameless spirit.

Sirach 23:6 In-Context

4 Lord, Father, God of my life, don't let me have prideful eyes

5 turn desire away from me.

6 Don't allow gluttony or sexual desire to overtake me, and don't hand me over to a shameless spirit.

7 Listen, my children, to instruction about your mouth; whoever follows my instruction will never succumb to it.

8 The lips of sinners will seize them and make abusers and the arrogant stumble.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX soul