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21 Do not be ensnared by a woman’s beauty,
    and do not desire a woman for her possessions.[a](A)
22 There is wrath and impudence and great disgrace
    when a wife supports her husband.
23 Dejected mind, gloomy face,
    and wounded heart come from an evil wife.
Drooping hands and weak knees
    come from the wife who does not make her husband happy.(B)

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  1. 25.21 Heb Syr: Gk lacks for her possessions