OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 9:5

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Don’t gaze at a virgin, lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.

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Verse 5. Gaze. It is not always possible to avoid seeing them; but the greatest caution is requisite. Job 32:1. Matthew 5:28. Calmet.—Jealousy and all dangerous occasions must be avoided. Worthington.

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