World English Bible

Sirach 23:22-27 World English Bible (WEB)

22. So also a wife that leaves her husband, And brings in an heir by a stranger.

23. For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High; And secondly, she trespassed against her own husband; And thirdly, she played the adulteress in whoredom, And brought in children by a stranger.

24. She shall be brought out into the congregation; And upon her children shall there be visitation.

25. Her children shall not spread into roots, And her branches shall bear no fruit.

26. She shall leave her memory for a curse; And her reproach shall not be blotted out.

27. And they that are left behind shall know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, And nothing sweeter than to take heed to the commandments of the Lord.