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4 Whether a man be rich or poor, if he have a good heart toward the Lord, he shall at all times rejoice
with a cheerful countenance.
5 There be three things that mine heart feareth; and for the fourth I was sore afraid: the slander of a
city, the gathering together of an unruly multitude, and a false accusation: all these are worse than
death.
6 But a grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous over another woman, and a scourge of the tongue
which communicateth with all.
7 An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
10 If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
12 She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain, and drink of every water
near her: by every hedge will she sit down, and open her quiver against every arrow.
14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.
16 As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her
house.
18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.
20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting
in the goodness of thy stock.
22 An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband.
23 A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth
the Lord.
26 A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all; but she that dishonoureth him in her
pride shall be counted ungodly of all.