Sir 9:1 

Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not 

an evil lesson against thyself. 

Sir 9:2 

Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy 

substance. 

Sir 9:3 

Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares. 

Sir 9:4 

Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest 

thou be taken with her attempts. 

Sir 9:5 

Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that 

are precious in her. 

Sir 9:6 

Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine 

inheritance. 

Sir 9:7 

Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither 

wander thou in the solitary place thereof. 

Sir 9:8 

Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon 

another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a 

woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire. 

Sir 9:9 

Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her 

in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; 

lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire 

thou fall into destruction. 

Sir 9:10 

Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to 

him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt 

drink it with pleasure. 

Sir 9:11 

Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what 

shall be his end. 

Sir 9:12 

Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; 

but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave. 

Sir 9:13 

Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt 

thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, 

make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember 

that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest 

upon the battlements of the city. 

Sir 9:14 

As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult 

with the wise. 

Sir 9:15 

Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in 

the law of the most High. 

Sir 9:16 

And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy 

glorying be in the fear of the Lord. 

Sir 9:17 

For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: 

and the wise ruler of the people for his speech. 

Sir 9:18 

A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that 

is rash in his talk shall be hated.