Ben Sira 36:23

23 If the woman is kind and gentle in her speech, her husband is the most fortunate of men.

Ben Sira 36:23 In-Context

21 A woman has to take any man as a husband, but a man must choose his wife carefully.

22 A woman's beauty makes a man happy; there is no fairer sight for the human eye to see.

23 If the woman is kind and gentle in her speech, her husband is the most fortunate of men.

24 When a man marries, he gets the finest thing he will ever have - a wife to help and encourage him.

25 If property is not fenced in, thieves will wander in and help themselves. And if a man has no wife, he is a sighing wanderer;