Sirach 26:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ Of three things my heart is frightened,
    and of a fourth I am in great fear:^[a]
Slander in the city, the gathering of a mob,
    and false accusation—all these are worse than death.
⁶ But it is heartache and sorrow when a wife is jealous of a rival,
    and a tongue-lashing makes it known to all.
⁷ A bad wife is a chafing yoke;
    taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.