Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The beauty of a good wife in her well-kept home is like the noonday sun shining in the Lord's sky. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. Sirach 26:14Take 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. Sirach 26:17 Her discipline is the gift of God. Sirach 26:18 Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul. Context Sirach 26…15She 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. 16The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. 17Her discipline is the gift of God.… Cross References 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. Sirach 26:17 Her discipline is the gift of God. Sirach 26:18 Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul. |