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27 A woman’s beauty lights up a man’s face,
    and there is nothing he desires more.
28 If kindness and humility mark her speech,
    her husband is more fortunate than other men.
29 He who acquires a wife gets his best possession,[a]
    a helper fit for him and a pillar of support.[b]

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  1. Sirach 36:29 Heb: Gk enters upon a possession
  2. Sirach 36:29 Heb: Gk rest

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