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Sirach 23:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Sirach 23:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 To the sexually immoral all bread is sweet;
he will never weary until he dies.(A)
18 The one who sins against his marriage bed
says to himself, “Who can see me?
Darkness surrounds me, the walls hide me,
and no one sees me. Why should I worry?
The Most High will not remember my sins.”(B)
19 His fear is confined to human eyes,
and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord
are ten thousand times brighter than the sun;
they look upon every aspect of human behavior
and see into hidden corners.(C)
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