Sirach 23:23-28 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

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?

26. Darkness surrounds me, and the walls enclose me, and no one catches sight of me. Whom should I fear? The Most High will not remember my offenses."

27. And he does not understand that God's eye sees all things. For fear within a man such as this drives away from him both the fear of God and the eyes of those men who fear God.

28. And he does not acknowledge that the eyes of the Lord are much brighter than the sun, keeping watch over all the ways of men, even to the depths of the abyss, and gazing into the hearts of men, even to the most hidden parts.

Sirach 23