Sirach 36:20-26

1. 20 A froward heart causeth heaviness: but a man of experience will recompense him.

2. 21 A woman will receive every man, yet is one daughter better than another.

3. 22 The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.

4. 23 If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.

5. 24 He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.

6. 25 Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.

7. 26 Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?

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