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Sirach 25:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman. "
Sirach 25:16
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
14 Any calamity but a calamity from those who hate me! Any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies!
15 There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom. There is no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath.
16 I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than keep house with a wicked woman.
17 The wickedness of a woman changes her appearance, and darkens her countenance like that of a bear.
18 Her husband will sit among his neighbors, and when he hears it, he sighs bitterly.
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Sirach 25:1
"I enjoy three things, and they are beautiful before the Lord and men: the agreement of kindred, the friendship of neighbors, and a woman and her husband who walk together in agreement."
Sirach 25:2
"But my soul hates three sorts of people, and I am greatly offended at their life: a poor man who is arrogant, a rich man who is a liar, and an old fool who is an adulterer."
Sirach 25:3
"If you gathered nothing in your youth, how could you find anything in your old age?"
Sirach 25:4
"How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired, and for elders to know good counsel!"
Sirach 25:5
"How beautiful is the wisdom of old men, and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor!"
Sirach 25:6
"Much experience is the crown of the aged. Their glory is the fear of the Lord."
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