Sirach 42:9–11

⁹A daughter keeps her father secretly wakeful,

and worry over her robs him of sleep;

when she is young, lest she do not marry,

or if married, lest she be hated;

¹⁰while a virgin, lest she be defiled

or become pregnant in her father’s house;

or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful,

or, though married, lest she be barren.

¹¹Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter,

lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies,

a byword in the city and notorious^w among the people,

and put you to shame before the great multitude.