Sirach 42:11-13

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¹¹Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter,
lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies,
a byword in the city and notorious^[a] among the people,
and put you to shame before the great multitude.

¹²Do not look upon any one for beauty,
and do not sit in the midst of women;
¹³for from garments comes the moth,
and from a woman comes woman’s wickedness.

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