Sirach 25:8

8 Happy are those who live with sensible wives, who don't slip with their tongue, and who haven't been a servant to one inferior to themselves.

Sirach 25:8 In-Context

6 Experience is the crown of the aged and respecting the Lord is their claim to fame.

7 In my heart, I would consider nine conditions to be happy, and I'll name a tenth with my tongue— people who are made glad by their children, and who live to see the downfall of their enemies.

8 Happy are those who live with sensible wives, who don't slip with their tongue, and who haven't been a servant to one inferior to themselves.

9 Happy is the one who has gained good sense and who is passing this along to listening ears.

10 How great is one who finds Wisdom, but no one does better than the one who fears the Lord.

Footnotes

• [a] Heb adds and who does not plow with an ox and an ass together. Happy are those who; LXX lacks this phrase and the prior line.