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Ecclesiasticus 18:31

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CCEL Footnote 3692 (In-Text, Margin)

32. But not only is that temperance worthy of praise which moderates food, but also that which moderates lust. Since it is written: “Go not after thy lusts, and deny thy appetite. If thou givest her desires to thy soul, thou wilt be a joy to thine enemies;”[Ecclesiasticus 18:30-31] and farther on; “Wine and women make even wise men to fall away.” So that Paul teaches temperance even in marriage itself; for he who is incontinent in marriage is a kind of adulterer, and violates the law of the Apostle.