Sirach 42:12-14

Wycliffe Bible

¹² Do not thou take heed to each man (or to each person) in the fairness, that is, in delighting in the beholding of his (or their) fairness; and do not thou dwell in the midst of women.

¹³ For why a moth cometh forth of (or from) clothes, and (the) wickedness of a man cometh forth of (or from) a woman. [Forsooth of clothes cometh the moth, and of a woman the wickedness of a man.]

¹⁴ For why the wickedness of a man is better, that is, less evil, than a woman doing well, and a woman shaming into shame (or reproach). [Better forsooth is the wickedness of a man, then a woman doing benefit, and a woman confounded into reproof.]^[a]