Ben Sira 26:5-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 There are three things I dread,
and a fourth which terrifies me:
Public slander, the gathering of a mob,
and false accusation—all harder to bear than death.
6 A wife jealous of another wife is heartache and mourning;[a]
everyone feels the lash of her tongue.
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