{25:21} and any vindication, but the vindication of his enemies.
{25:22} There is no head worse than the head of a serpent,
{25:23} and there is no anger above the anger of a wife. It would be more agreeable to abide with a lion or a dragon, than to live with a wicked wife.
{25:24} A wicked wife changes her face. And she darkens her countenance like a bear. And she displays it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbors,
{25:25} her husband groans, and hearing of this, he sighs a little.

{25:16} The fear of God is the beginning of his love; and the beginning of faith has been joined closely to the same.
{25:17} The sadness of the heart is every wound. And the wickedness of a wife is every malice.
{25:18} And a man will choose any wound, but the wound of the heart,
{25:19} and any wickedness, but the wickedness of a wife,
{25:20} and any obstacle, but the obstacle of those who hate him,