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Sirach 23:22-25 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

22. A desirous soul is like a burning fire, it will not be quenched, until it devours something.

23. And a man who is wicked in the desires of his flesh will not desist until he has kindled a fire.

24. To a man of fornication, all bread is sweet; he will not tire of transgression, to the very end.

25. Every man who transgresses his own bed has contempt for his own soul. And so he says: "Who can see me?

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