19
Children and the building of a city establish a man's name, but a blameless wife is accounted better than both.
20
Wine and music gladden the heart, but the love of wisdom is better than both.
21
The flute and the harp make pleasant melody, but a pleasant voice is better than both.
22
The eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both.
23
A friend or a companion never meets one amiss, but a wife with her husband is better than both.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.