Sirach 25:16
Good News Translation
I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife.

New Revised Standard Version
I would rather live with a lion and a dragon than live with an evil woman.

Contemporary English Version
I would be happier to live with a lion and a dragon than to be married to an evil woman.

New American Bible
I would rather live with a dragon or a lion than live with a wicked woman.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.

Sirach 25:14
The fear of God hath set itself above all things:

Sirach 25:15
Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:

Context
Sirach 25
15Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened? 16The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it. 17The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.…
Cross References
Sirach 25:14
The fear of God hath set itself above all things:

Sirach 25:15
Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?

Sirach 25:17
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.

Sirach 25:18
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 25:15
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