Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation If she won't do as you tell her, divorce her. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her. Sirach 25:24The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours, Sirach 25:25 Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. Sirach 25:27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. Sirach 25:28 Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty. Context Sirach 25…25Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. 26All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her. 27As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.… Cross References Sirach 25:24 The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours, Sirach 25:25 Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little. Sirach 25:27 As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man. Sirach 25:28 Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty. |