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Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 25:19-24 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

19. Compared with the troubles caused by a woman, any other trouble looks small. May such women suffer the fate of sinners!

20. A quiet man living with a nagging wife is like an old man climbing up a sandy hill.

21. Never lose your head over a woman's beauty, and don't try to win a woman because she is wealthy.

22. When a man is supported by his wife, there is sure to be anger, arrogance, and humiliation.

23. A bad wife will make her husband gloomy and depressed, and break his heart. Show me a timid man who can never make up his mind, and I will show you a wife who doesn't make her husband happy.

24. Sin began with a woman, and we must all die because of her.

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