Sirach 9:7-9

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⁷ Do not look around in the streets of a city
    or wander about in its deserted sections.^(A)
8 Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman,
    and do not gaze at beauty belonging to another;
many have been seduced by a woman’s beauty,
    and by it passion is kindled like a fire.^(B)
9 Never dine^[a] with another man’s wife
    or revel with her at wine,
or your heart may turn aside to her,
    and in blood^[b] you may plunge into destruction.^(C)