engLXXup: Sirach 26

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[1] Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife,

For the number of his days shall be double.

[2] A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband,

And he shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.

[3] A good wife is a good portion,

Which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord.

[4] Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord,

He shall at all times rejoice with a cheerful countenance.

[5] There be three things that my heart feareth;

And for the fourth I was sore afraid:

The slander of a city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude,

And a false accusation: all these are worse than death.

[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.

[7] An evil 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 she will not cover her own shame.

[9] The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.

[10] If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly,

Lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.

[11] Watch over an impudent eye:

And marvel not if she trespass against thee.

[12] She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveler 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.

[13] The grace of a wife delighteth her husband,

And her discretion will fatten his bones.

[14] A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord;

And there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.

[15] A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace,

And her continent mind cannot be valued.

[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.

[17] As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick:

So is the beauty of the face in ripe age.

[18] As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver;

So are the fair feet with a constant heart.

[28] There be two things that grieve my heart;

And the third maketh me angry:

A man of war that suffereth poverty;

And men of understanding that are not set by:

And one that returneth from righteousness to sin;

The Lord prepareth such a one for the sword.

[29] A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong;

And a huckster shall not be freed from sin.

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