Sirach 25:17
Good News Translation
When a wife is in a bad mood, her expression changes until she looks like an angry bear.

New Revised Standard Version
A woman’s wickedness changes her appearance, and darkens her face like that of a bear.

Contemporary English Version
An evil woman's face is changed into something dark, like the face of a bear.

New American Bible
A woman’s wicked disposition changes her appearance, and makes her face as dark as a bear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Sirach 25:15
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 25:16
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Sirach 25:19
And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:

Context
Sirach 25
16The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. 17The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. 18And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:…
Cross References
Sirach 25:15
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 25:16
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Sirach 25:19
And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:16
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