Sirach 25:7-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁷ I can think of nine whom I would call blessed,
    and a tenth my tongue proclaims:
a man who can rejoice in his children;
    a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes.
⁸ Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife,
    and one who does not plough with ox and ass together.^[a]
Happy is one who does not sin with the tongue,
    and one who has not served an inferior.
⁹ Happy is one who finds a friend,^[b]
    and one who speaks to attentive listeners.
¹⁰ How great is one who finds wisdom!
    But none is superior to one who fears the Lord.
¹¹ Fear of the Lord surpasses everything;
    to whom can we compare one who has it?^[c]