Sirach 25:15
Good News Translation
No poison is deadlier than the poison of a snake, and no anger is deadlier than the anger of a woman.

New Revised Standard Version
There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom, and no anger worse than a woman’s wrath.

Contemporary English Version
but a woman's anger is strongest, just as snakes have the strongest poison.

New American Bible
There is no poison worse than that of a serpent, no venom greater than that of a woman.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?

Sirach 25:13
How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord.

Sirach 25:14
The fear of God hath set itself above all things:

Sirach 25:16
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Context
Sirach 25
14The fear of God hath set itself above all things: 15Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? 16The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.…
Cross References
Sirach 25:13
How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord.

Sirach 25:14
The fear of God hath set itself above all things:

Sirach 25:16
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:14
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