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15 No poison is worse than a snake’s poison,[a]
    and no anger is worse
    than an enemy’s anger.

16 I would rather live with a lion or a serpent
    than live with a wicked woman.
17 A woman’s wickedness
changes her appearance,
    and it darkens her face like that of a bear.

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 25:15 In both cases, LXX has head.

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