Ben Sira 42:14

14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; it is woman who brings shame and disgrace.

Ben Sira 42:14 In-Context

12 Do not let her parade her beauty before any man, or spend her time among married women;

13 for from garments comes the moth, and from a woman comes woman's wickedness.

14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; it is woman who brings shame and disgrace.

15 I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By the word of the Lord his works are made; and all his creatures do his will.

16 The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.