OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 42:13

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For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness.

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Verse 13. Man. Greek “woman.” Malice is natural to her. Beauty becomes her ruin, as well as that of others. Calmet.—The Fathers compare women to a load-stone. S. Bas.—Men who come near them, are greatly exposed. Calmet.

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