Sirach 36:27-29

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁷ A woman’s beauty lights up a man’s face,
    and there is nothing he desires more.
²⁸ If kindness and humility mark her speech,
    her husband is more fortunate than other men.
²⁹ He who acquires a wife gets his best possession,^[a]
    a helper fit for him and a pillar of support.^[b]