OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 26:11

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Watch out for an impudent eye, and don’t be surprised if it sins against you.

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Verse 11. Hid. She will be given to debauchery. Saint John Chrysostom Calmet.—Romulus ordered wives to be slain, like adulteresses, who had drunk wine at home. V. Max. vi. 3.

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