Sirach 22:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Degenerate Children

³It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son,
    and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
⁴A sensible daughter obtains a husband of her own,
    but one who acts shamefully is a grief to her father.
⁵An impudent daughter disgraces father and husband,
    and is despised by both.

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