World English Bible

Sirach 36:20-25 World English Bible (WEB)

20. A froward heart will cause heaviness: And a man of experience will recompense him.

21. A woman will receive any man; But one daughter is better than another.

22. The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance; And a man desires nothing so much.

23. If there is on her tongue mercy and meekness, Her husband is not like the sons of men.

24. He that gets a wife enters upon a possession: A help meet for him, and a pillar of rest.

25. Where no hedge is, the possession will be laid waste: And he that has no wife will mourn as he wandereth up and down.