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blessed is the one who lives with a sensible wife
    and the one who does not plow with ox and ass together;[a]
blessed is the one who does not sin with the tongue
    and the one who does not serve an inferior;
blessed is the one who finds a friend
    and the one who speaks to an attentive audience.
10 How great is the one who finds wisdom,
    but without equal is the one who fears the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 25:8 And ass together: lacking in Greek. The tongue: some early MSS read: “a friend.”