Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version My child, keep sound the bloom of your youth, and do not give your strength to strangers. Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace. Sirach 26:17Her 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. Sirach 26:20 And no price is worthy of a continent soul. Sirach 26:21 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. Context Sirach 26…18Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul. 19A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace. 20And no price is worthy of a continent soul.… Cross References 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. Sirach 26:20 And no price is worthy of a continent soul. Sirach 26:21 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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