Sirach 36:25

25 A perverse heart will cause grief, but an experienced person will know how to give payback.

Sirach 36:25 In-Context

23 The stomach will accept any food, but one kind of food is better than another.

24 As the palate tastes different types of game, so an intelligent mind tests false words.

25 A perverse heart will cause grief, but an experienced person will know how to give payback.

26 A woman will accept any male as a husband, but some daughters are preferable to other ones.

27 A woman's beauty brightens a man's face, and she surpasses a man's every desire.