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Sirach 42:14 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace. "
Sirach 42:14
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
12 Don’t gaze at every beautiful body. Don’t sit in the midst of women.
13 For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness.
14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.
15 I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, and will declare the things that I have seen. The Lord’s works are in his words.
16 The sun that gives light looks at all things. The Lord’s work is full of his glory.
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Sirach 42:1
"Don’t be ashamed of these things, and don’t sin to save face:"
Sirach 42:2
"of the law of the Most High and his covenant, of judgment to do justice to the ungodly,"
Sirach 42:3
"of reckoning with a partner and with travellers, of a gift from the inheritance of friends,"
Sirach 42:4
"of exactness of scales and weights, of getting much or little,"
Sirach 42:5
"of bargaining dealing with merchants, of frequent correction of children, and of making the back of an evil slave to bleed."
Sirach 42:6
"A seal is good where an evil wife is. Where there are many hands, lock things up."
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