Verse

Sirach 25:18

Original

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

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

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

— Sirach 25:18 —

¹⁹All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman: let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.

²⁰As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.