19 All malice is small compared to the malice of a woman. Let the portion of a sinner fall on her. (WEB)
Sirach 25:19
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Sirach 25:12–14
12 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him. (KJV) 13 Any wound but a wound of the heart! Any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman! (WEB) 14 Any calamity but a calamity from those who hate me! Any vengeance but the venge… (WEB)
Testament of Reuben 2:12–14
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Sirach 27:29–30
29 Those who rejoice at the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare. Anguish will consume them before they die. (WEB) 30 Wrath and anger, these also are abominations. A sinner will possess them. (WEB)
Sirach 42:13–15
13 For from garments comes a moth, and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness. (WEB) 14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman, a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace. (WEB) 15 I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, and will declare the things that… (WEB)
Sirach 23:25–27
25 Her children will not take root. Her branches will bear no fruit. (WEB) 26 She will leave her memory for a curse. Her reproach won’t be blotted out. (WEB) 27 And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord, and nothing sweeter than… (WEB)
Sirach 25:23–25
23 A wicked woman is abasement of heart, sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart. A woman who won’t make her husband happy is like hands that hang down, and weak knees. (WEB) 24 The beginning of sin came from a woman. Because of her, we all die. (WEB) 25 Don’t give water an out… (WEB)
Sirach 10:17–19
17 He took some of them away and destroyed them, and made their memory to cease from the earth. (WEB) 18 Pride has not been created for men, nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women. (WEB) 19 Whose offspring has honor? Human offspring who fear the Lord. Whose offspring has no… (WEB)
Sirach 26:5–7
5 Of three things my heart was afraid, and concerning the fourth kind I made supplication: The slander of a city, the assembly of a mob, and a false accusation. All these are more grievous than death. (WEB) 6 A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of anot… (WEB)
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