Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil. Sirach 25:15Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? 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: |