| Chapter 26 |
1 | Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.
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2 | A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.
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3 | A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds.
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4 | Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times.
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5 | Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:
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6 | The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:
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7 | And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.
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8 | A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.
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9 | With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
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10 | As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion.
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11 | A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.
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12 | The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.
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13 | On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.
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14 | Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.
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15 | She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.
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16 | The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.
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17 | Her discipline is the gift of God.
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18 | Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.
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19 | A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.
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20 | And no price is worthy of a continent soul.
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21 | As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house.
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22 | As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.
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23 | As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.
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24 | As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.
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25 | At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:
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26 | A man of was fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:
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27 | And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.
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28 | Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.
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