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Sirach 36:25
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25Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
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23If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
24He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.
— Sirach 36:25 —
26Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so who will believe a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?