Sirach 25:18-20

Good News Translation

¹⁸ Her husband has to go and eat with the neighbors, where he can't hold back his bitter sighs.

¹⁹ Compared with the troubles caused by a woman, any other trouble looks small. May such women suffer the fate of sinners!

²⁰ A quiet man living with a nagging wife is like an old man climbing up a sandy hill.