Ben Sira 36:25

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;

Ben Sira 36:25 In-Context

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;

26 people have no more trust in a homeless person who sleeps in a different place every night than they have in a wandering thief who goes from town to town.