Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Don't let a bad wife have her way, any more than you would allow water to leak from your cistern. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. Sirach 25:23And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman. Sirach 25:24 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours, Sirach 25:26 All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her. Sirach 25:27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. Context Sirach 25…24The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours, 25Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. 26All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.… Cross References Sirach 25:23 And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman. Sirach 25:24 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours, Sirach 25:26 All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her. Sirach 25:27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. |
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