Holy Scripture
Sirach 26:5
Source: Septuagint
Original
5There be three things that my heart feareth; And for the fourth I was sore afraid: The slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, And a false accusation: all these are worse than death.
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3A good wife is a good portion, Which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.
4Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, He shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.
— Sirach 26:5 —
6But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, And a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
7An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: He that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.