Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version A woman’s beauty lights up a man’s face, and there is nothing he desires more. Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want. Sirach 36:25If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men. Sirach 36:26 He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest. Sirach 36:28 Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city. Sirach 37:1 Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death? Context Sirach 36…26He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest. 27Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want. 28Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city.… Cross References Sirach 36:25 If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men. Sirach 36:26 He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest. Sirach 36:28 Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city. Sirach 37:1 Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death? |
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