Sirach 23:16-18

Good News Translation

Sexual Sins

¹⁶There are any number of ways to sin and bring down the Lord's anger, but sexual passion is a hot, blazing fire that cannot be put out at will; it can only burn itself out. A man who lives for nothing but sexual enjoyment will keep on until that fire destroys him. ¹⁷To such a man all women are desirable, and he can never get enough as long as he lives.

¹⁸The man who is unfaithful to his wife thinks to himself,
No one will ever know. It's dark in here, and no one sees me. I have nothing to worry about. As for the Most High, he won't even notice.

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