Sirach 40:19-21

Good News Translation

¹⁹ Your name can be preserved if you have children or if you establish a city, but finding Wisdom is a better way.

Owning livestock and orchards will make you famous,^[a] but it is better to have a wife you love.^[b]

²⁰ Wine and music can make you happy, but a happy marriage^[c] is even better.

²¹ Flutes and harps make fine music, but a pleasant voice is better than either.