Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation A gracious wife is her husband's delight; her abilities make him a stronger man. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself. Sirach 26:11A 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. |