Sirach: Chapter 26 (douayrheims)

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