Sirach 36:25-27

Common English Bible

²⁵ A perverse heart will cause grief,
    but an experienced person
    will know how to give payback.
²⁶ A woman will accept any male
as a husband,^[a]
    but some daughters are preferable
    to other ones.
²⁷ A woman’s beauty brightens a man’s face,
    and she surpasses a man’s every desire.