Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You can tell an unfaithful wife by the bold and flirting look in her eyes. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all. Sirach 26:7And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death. Sirach 26:8 A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart. Sirach 26:10 As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion. Sirach 26:11 A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid. Context Sirach 26…8A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart. 9With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all. 10As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion.… Cross References Sirach 26:7 And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death. Sirach 26:8 A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart. Sirach 26:10 As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion. Sirach 26:11 A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid. |