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RV SIR Chapter 9

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9 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom,

And teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.

2 Give not thy soul unto a woman,

That she should set her foot upon thy strength.

3 Go not to meet a woman that playeth the harlot,

Lest haply thou fall into her snares.

4 Use not the company of a woman that is a singer,

Lest haply thou be caught by her attempts.

5 Gaze not on a maid, lest haply thou be trapped in her penalties.

6 Give not thy soul unto harlots,

That thou lose not thine inheritance.

7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city,

Neither wander thou in the solitary places thereof.

8 Turn away thine eye from a comely woman,

And gaze not on another’s beauty:

By the beauty of a woman many have been led astray;

And herewith love is kindled as a fire.

9 Sit not at all with a woman that hath a husband; [fn]

And revel not with her at the wine;

Lest haply thy soul turn aside unto her,

And with thy spirit thou slide into destruction.

10 Forsake not an old friend;

For the new is not comparable to him:

As new wine, so is a new friend;

If it become old, thou shalt drink it with gladness.

11 Envy not the glory of a sinner;

For thou knowest not what shall be his overthrow.

12 Delight not in the delights of the ungodly:

Remember they shall not go unpunished unto [fn] the grave.

13 Keep thee far from the man that hath [fn] power to kill,

And thou shalt have no suspicion of the fear of death:

And if thou come unto him, commit no fault,

Lest he take away thy life:

Know surely that thou goest about in the midst of snares,

And walkest upon the battlements of a city.

14 As well as thou canst, guess at thy neighbours;

And take counsel with the wise.

15 Let thy converse be with men of understanding;

And let all thy discourse be in the law of the Most High.

16 Let just men be the companions of thy board;

And let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.

17 For the hand of the artificers a work shall be commended:

And he that ruleth the people shall be counted wise for his speech.

18 A man full of tongue is dangerous in his city;

And he that is headlong in his speech shall be hated.

9:9 A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.

9:12 Gr. Hades.

9:13 Or, authority