apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:4 @ 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.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:5 @ 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.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:6 @ 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.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:12 @ 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.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:14 @ A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:16 @ As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:20 @ When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:23 @ A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:26 @ 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.
apocrypha_kjv@BenSira:26:28 @ 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.