Sirach 26:6-18
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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.
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7 An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
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8 A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.
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9 The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.
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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.
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17 As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
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18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.