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12 Do not let her parade her beauty before any man,
    or spend her time among married women;[a]
13 for from garments comes the moth,
    and from a woman comes woman’s wickedness.
14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good;
    it is woman who brings shame and disgrace.

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  1. Sirach 42:12 Heb: Meaning of Gk uncertain

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