Musar for Yevamot 126:17
רבי יעקב אומר כאילו ממעט הדמות שנאמר (בראשית ט, ו) כי בצלם אלהים עשה את האדם וכתיב בתריה ואתם פרו וגו' בן עזאי אומר כאילו שופך דמים וממעט הדמות שנאמר ואתם פרו ורבו
— The other replied: <i>'Death shall be chosen'</i> for the wicked, in order that they may not live in this world and thus sin and fall into Gehenna.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The choice of death will not be made, as was assumed, by the sufferers. It is the prophet's oracle on the destiny of the wicked. ');"><sup>55</sup></span> It is written in the book of Ben Sira: —<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ecclesiasticus, ');"><sup>56</sup></span> A good wife is a precious gift;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So BaH. Cur. edd. add, 'to her husband; and it is written, good'. ');"><sup>57</sup></span> she will be put in the bosom of the God-fearing man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Ecclesiasticus XXVI, 3. ');"><sup>58</sup></span>