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Ecclesiasticus
Chapter 26
Of good and bad women.
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Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double. |
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A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and shall fulfil the years of his life in peace. |
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A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds. |
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Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times. |
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Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled: |
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The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people: |
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And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death. |
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A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart. |
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With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all. |
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As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion. |
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A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid. |
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The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes and by her eyelids. |
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On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself. |
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Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee. |
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She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail. |
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The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. |
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Her discipline is the gift of God. |
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Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul. |
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A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace. |
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And no price is worthy of a continent soul. |
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As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house. |
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As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age, |
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As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman. |
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As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God in the heart of a holy woman. |
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At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me. |
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A man of war fainting through poverty, and a man of sense despised: |
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And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword. |
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Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips. |
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