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Sirach 26:7-9
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7 A bad wife is a chafing yoke;
    taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.
8 A drunken wife arouses great anger;
    she cannot hide her shame.
9 The haughty stare betrays a sexually immoral wife;
    her eyelids give her away.(A)

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