Verse

Sirach 40:23

Original

²³A friend and companion never meet amiss: but above both is a wife with her husband.

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In context

²¹The pipe and the psaltery make sweet melody: but a pleasant tongue is above them both.

²²Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.

— Sirach 40:23 —

²⁴Brethren and help are against time of trouble: but alms shall deliver more than them both.

²⁵Gold and silver make the foot stand sure: but counsel is esteemed above them both.