BenSira:26

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* Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife , for the number of his days shall be double . * A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband , and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace . * A good wife is a good portion , which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord . * Whether a man be rich or poor , if he have a good heart toward the Lord , he shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance . * There be three things that mine heart feareth ; and for the fourth I was sore afraid : the slander of a city , the gathering together of an unruly multitude , and a false accusation : all these are worse than death . * But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman , and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all . * An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro : he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion . * A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger , and she will not cover her own shame . * The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids . * If thy daughter be shameless , keep her in straitly , lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty . * Watch over an impudent eye : and marvel not if she trespass against thee . * She will open her mouth , as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain , and drink of every water near her : by every hedge will she sit down , and open her quiver against every arrow . * The grace of a wife delighteth her husband , and her discretion will fatten his bones . * A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord ; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed . * A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace , and her continent mind cannot be valued . * As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven ; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house . * As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick ; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age . * As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver ; so are the fair feet with a constant heart . * My son , keep the flower of thine age sound ; and give not thy strength to strangers . * When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field , sow it with thine own seed , trusting in the goodness of thy stock . * So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified , having the confidence of their good descent . * An harlot shall be accounted as spittle ; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband . * A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man : but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord . * A dishonest woman contemneth shame : but an honest woman will reverence her husband . * A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog ; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord . * A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all ; but she that dishonoureth him in her pride shall be counted ungodly of all . * A loud crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive away the enemies . * There be two things that grieve my heart ; and the third maketh me angry : a man of war that suffereth poverty ; and men of understanding that are not set by ; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin ; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword . * A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong ; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin .

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