Good News Bible Anglicised

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 25:9-16 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

9. someone fortunate enough to have a real friend,a person that people are happy to listen to,

10. and the really great one: someone who is wise.But the greatest one of all is the person who fears the Lord.

11. Such a person has no equal, because the fear of the Lord is the most important thing in the world.

13. No wound is as serious as wounded love. No troubles are as serious as the troubles that women cause.

14. No sufferings are worse than the sufferings caused by people who hate you. No revenge is worse than revenge taken by an enemy.

15. No poison is deadlier than the poison of a snake, and no anger is deadlier than the anger of a woman.

16. I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife.