Ben Sira 42:12

12 Behold not every body's beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.

Ben Sira 42:12 In-Context

10 in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and gotten with child in her father's house; and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself; and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
11 Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter, lest she make thee a laughingstock to thine enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and make thee ashamed before the multitude.
12 Behold not every body's beauty, and sit not in the midst of women.
13 For from garments cometh a moth, and from women wickedness.
14 Better is the churlishness of a man than a courtesan-like woman, a woman, I say, who bringeth shame and reproach.
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