Sirach 25:7-9

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⁷ I can think of nine whom I would call happy,
    and a tenth my tongue proclaims:
a man who can rejoice in his children,
    who lives to see the downfall of his foes.^(A)
8 Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife
    and who does not plow with ox and ass together,^[a]
who does not slip with the tongue
    and who has not become enslaved to an inferior.^(B)
9 Happy is the one who finds good sense
    and the one who speaks to attentive listeners.^(C)