Ben Sira 7:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 Do you have a wife? Do not mistreat her,
but do not trust the wife you hate.
27 With your whole heart honor your father;
your mother’s birth pangs do not forget.(A)
28 Remember, of these parents you were born;
what can you give them for all they gave you?
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