Verse

Sirach 25:16

Original

¹⁶I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, than to keep house with a wicked woman.

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¹⁴And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: and any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.

¹⁵There is no head above the head of a serpent; and there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.

— Sirach 25:16 —

¹⁷The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.

¹⁸Her husband shall sit among his neighbours; and when he heareth it shall sigh bitterly.