Ben Sira 36:25

25 A perverse mind will cause grief, but a person with experience will pay him back.

Ben Sira 36:25 In-Context

23 The stomach will take any food, yet one food is better than another.
24 As the palate tastes the kinds of game, so an intelligent mind detects false words.
25 A perverse mind will cause grief, but a person with experience will pay him back.
26 A woman will accept any man as a husband, but one girl is preferable to another.
27 A woman's beauty lights up a man's face, and there is nothing he desires more.
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