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Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:25-27
New Catholic Bible
Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:25-27
New Catholic Bible
25 A perverse mind causes grief,
but a man of experience knows how to pay such a one back.
Knowing How To Choose a Good Wife[a]
26 A woman will accept any man as a husband,
yet one daughter will be preferable to another.
27 A woman’s beauty causes a man’s face to light up,
and there is nothing a man desires more.
Footnotes
- Wisdom of Ben Sira 36:26 Certainly, the situation between men and women at this epoch is far from one of equality. Therefore, the elevated idea that the author—so distrustful at times—has of the good wife is most relevant (see Sir 26:1-4, 15-18).
