Holy Scripture

Sirach 26:7

Source: Septuagint

Original

7An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: He that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.

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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.

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.

— Sirach 26:7 —

8A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, And she will not cover her own shame.

9The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.

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