Ben Sira 25:16

16 I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife.

Ben Sira 25:16 In-Context

14 No sufferings are worse than the sufferings caused by people who hate you. No revenge is worse than revenge taken by an enemy.

15 No poison is deadlier than the poison of a snake, and no anger is deadlier than the anger of a woman.

16 I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife.

17 When a wife is in a bad mood, her expression changes until she looks like an angry bear.

18 Her husband has to go and eat with the neighbors, where he can't hold back his bitter sighs.