Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 31:13

μνήσθητι ὅτι κακὸν ὀφθαλμὸς πονηρός· πονηρότερον ὀφθαλμοῦ τί ἔκτισται; διὰ τοῦτο ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου δακρύει.
King James Version (KJV)

Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.

Modern English

Remember that a greedy eye is a terrible thing — nothing created is more shameless than an eye, which is why it tears up at every little thing.

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