Sirach 26:13
Good News Translation
A gracious wife is her husband's delight; her abilities make him a stronger man.

New Revised Standard Version
A wife’s charm delights her husband, and her skill puts flesh on his bones.

Contemporary English Version
A gracious wife is pleasing to her husband, and her cooking skills keep him fat.

New American Bible
A gracious wife delights her husband; her thoughtfulness puts flesh on his bones.

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

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

Sirach 26:11
A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.

Sirach 26:12
The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes and by her eyelids.

Sirach 26:14
Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.

Sirach 26:15
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.

Context
Sirach 26
12The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes and by her eyelids. 13On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself. 14Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.…
Cross References
Sirach 26:11
A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.

Sirach 26:12
The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes and by her eyelids.

Sirach 26:14
Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.

Sirach 26:15
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.



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 26:12
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