Sirach 36:23-25

Good News Translation

²³ If the woman is kind and gentle in her speech, her husband is the most fortunate of men. ²⁴ When a man marries, he gets the finest thing he will ever have—a wife to help and encourage him.

²⁵ If property is not fenced in, thieves will wander in and help themselves. And if a man has no wife, he is a sighing wanderer;