Sirach 26:20
New Revised Standard Version
Seek a fertile field within the whole plain, and sow it with your own seed, trusting in your fine stock.

Contemporary English Version
To find a good wife is to find a good field where you can plant your own seed, knowing that it will produce a good harvest.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And no price is worthy of a continent soul.

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And no price is worthy of a continent soul.

Sirach 26:18
Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.

Sirach 26:19
A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.

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.

Sirach 26:22
As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age,

Context
Sirach 26
19A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace. 20And no price is worthy of a continent soul. 21As 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.…
Cross References
Sirach 26:18
Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.

Sirach 26:19
A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.

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.

Sirach 26:22
As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age,



(Sir. Si Ecclesiasticus eccles eccl)

Sirach 26:19
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