Sirach 36:26-28

Common English Bible

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.
²⁸ If her speech is characterized
by mercy and gentleness,
    her husband is unlike anyone else.