Sirach 40:21-24 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

21. The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant word is above them both.

22. Your eye desires elegance and beauty, but verdant fields are above these things.

23. A friend and a companion meet one another in time, but above them both is a wife with her husband.

24. Brothers are a help in time of tribulation, but mercy will liberate, more so than they will.

Sirach 40