Chapter 26

  Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.  

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  A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfil the years of his life in peace.  

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  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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  Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times.  

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  Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:  

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  The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:  

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  And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.  

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  A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.  

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  With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.  

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  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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  A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.  

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  The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.  

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  On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.  

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  Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.  

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  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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  The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.  

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  Her discipline is the gift of God.  

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  Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.  

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  A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.  

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  And no price is worthy of a continent soul.  

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  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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  As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.  

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  As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.  

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  As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.  

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  At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:  

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  A man of was fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:  

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  And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.  

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  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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