Sirach 25:23 CPDV

²¹  and any vindication, but the vindication of his enemies.

²²  There is no head worse than the head of a serpent,

²³  and there is no anger above the anger of a wife. It would be more agreeable to abide with a lion or a dragon, than to live with a wicked wife.

²⁴  A wicked wife changes her face. And she darkens her countenance like a bear. And she displays it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbors,

²⁵  her husband groans, and hearing of this, he sighs a little.