Sirach 26:10-16
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10 If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
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11 Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass against thee.
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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.
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13 The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.
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14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.
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15 A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.
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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.