Sirach 26
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| 1 | Blessed is the man that hath a vertuous wife, for the number of his dayes shall be double. |
| 2 | A vertuous woman reioyceth her husband, and he shall fulfill the yeeres of his life in peace. |
| 3 | A good wife is a good portion, which shall be giuen in the portion of them that feare the Lord. |
| 4 | Whether a man be rich or poore, if he haue a good heart towards the Lord, he shall at all times reioyce with a cheerefull countenance. |
| 5 | There bee three things that mine heart feareth: and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a citie, the gathering together of an vnruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse then death. |
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| 6 | But a griefe of heart and sorrow, is a woman that is ielous ouer another woman, and a scourge of the tongue which communicateth withall. |
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| 7 | An euil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her, is as though he held a scorpion. |
| 8 | A drunken woman and a gadder abroad, causeth great anger, and shee will not couer her owne shame. |
| 9 | The whordome of a woman may be knowen in her haughtie lookes, and eye lids. |
| 10 | If thy daughter be shamelesse, keepe her in straitly: lest she abuse her selfe through ouermuch libertie. |
| 11 | Watch ouer an impudent eye: and marueile not, if shee trespasse against thee. |
| 12 | Shee will open her mouth as a thirstie traueiler, when he hath found a fountaine: and drinke of euery water neere her: by euery hedge will she sit downe, and open her quiuer against euery arrow. |
| 13 | The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fat his bones. |
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| 14 | A silent and louing woman is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so much worth, as a mind well instructed. |
| 15 | A shamefast and faithfull woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued. |
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| 16 | As the Sunne when it ariseth in the high heauen: so is the beautie of a good wife in the ordering of her house. |
| 17 | As the cleare light is vpon the holy candlesticke: so is the beautie of the face in ripe age. |
| 18 | As the golden pillars are vpon the sockets of siluer: so are the faire feete with a constant heart. |
| 19 | My sonne, keepe the flowre of thine age sound: and giue not thy strength to strangers. |
| 20 | When thou hast gotten a fruitfull possession through all the field: sowe it with thine owne seede, trusting in the goodnesse of thy stocke. |
| 21 | So thy race which thou leauest shalbe magnified, hauing the confidence of their good descent. |
| 22 | An harlot shall bee accounted as spittle: but a maried woman is a towre against death to her husband. |
| 23 | A wicked woman is giuen as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is giuen to him that feareth the Lord. |
| 24 | A dishonest woman contemneth shame, but an honest woman will reuerence her husband. |
| 25 | A shamelesse woman shalbe counted as a dog: but she that is shamefast will feare the Lord. |
| 26 | A woman that honoureth her husband, shall bee iudged wise of all: but she that dishonoureth him in her pride, shall be counted vngodly of all. |
| 27 | A loude crying woman, and a scolde, shall be sought out to driue away the enemies. |
| 28 | There be two things that grieue my heart: and the third maketh me angry: a man of warre that suffereth pouerty, and men of vnderstanding that are not set by: and one that returneth from righteousnesse to sinne: the Lord prepareth such a one for the sword. |
| 29 | A merchant shall hardly keepe himselfe from doing wrong: and an huckster shall not be freed from sinne. |