Sirach 42:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ Keep a close watch over your daughter if she is determined to have her own way. If you don't, she may make a fool of you in front of your enemies. You will be a constant joke to everyone in town, a public disgrace. Make sure that her room has no windows or any place where she can look out to the entrance of the house.^{[a] 12} Don't let her show off her beauty in front of men, or spend her time talking with the women.^{[b] 13} Women hurt other women just as moths damage clothing.