Blessed is the man that hath a good wife, for the number of his days shall be double. A woman of courage rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace. A good wife is a good portion, and she will be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord. When rich or poor, a good heart, at all times a cheerful countenance. There be three things that mine 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. 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. An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and from: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion. A drunken woman is a great anger, and she will not cover her own shame. The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids. Over thy daughter that is wanton, keep strait watch, lest she find overmuch liberty, and use it. Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass against thee. She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveller, and drink of every water near her: by every tent peg will she sit down, and open her quiver to every arrow. The grace of a wife will delight her husband, and her skill will fatten his bones. A silent woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a soul that is disciplined. A modest woman is grace upon grace, and there is no scale that can weigh a continent soul. As the sun when it ariseth in the Lord’s heaven; so is the beauty of a wife in the ordering of her house. As the clear light is upon the holy lampstand: so is the beauty of the face in ripe age. As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with steady feet. (My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers. When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock. So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent. An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman shall be a tower of death to them that use her. A wicked woman shall be given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord. A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest daughter will reverence her husband. A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord. A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all; but she that dishonoureth him in her pride shall be counted ungodly of all. Happy is the husband of a good woman, for the number of his years shall be double. A loud crying woman and a scold shall observe a rout like a trumpet of war.) There be two things whereby my heart is grieved; and by a third anger came upon me: a man of war in want because of poverty; and men of understanding that suffer contempt; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword. A merchant shall hardly keep himself from doing wrong; and an huckster shall not be freed from sin.
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