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.
24
Brothers and help are for a time of trouble, but almsgiving rescues 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.