Sirach 25:16-18

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The Evil of a Wicked Woman

¹⁶I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon
    than dwell with an evil wife.
¹⁷The wickedness of a wife changes her appearance,
    and darkens her face like that of a bear.
¹⁸Her husband takes his meals among the neighbors,
    and he cannot help sighing^[a] bitterly.

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Sirach 25:18 Other authorities read and listening he sighs

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