Sirach 26 — DRA
26Verse 1Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.Verse 2A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.Verse 3A 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.Verse 4Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times.Verse 5Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:Verse 6The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:Verse 7And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.Verse 8A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.Verse 9With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.Verse 10As 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.Verse 11A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.Verse 12The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.Verse 13On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.Verse 14Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.Verse 15She 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.Verse 16The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.Verse 17Her discipline is the gift of God.Verse 18Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.Verse 19A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.Verse 20And no price is worthy of a continent soul.Verse 21As 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.Verse 22As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.Verse 23As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.Verse 24As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.Verse 25At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:Verse 26A man of was fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:Verse 27And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.Verse 28Two 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.