Sirach 25:22-24

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²² There is no head worse than the head of a serpent:

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.

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,