23 If kindness and humility are on her tongue, her husband is not like other sons of men. (WEB) 24 He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure, a help meet for him and a pillar of support. (WEB) 25 Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered. He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders. (WEB)
Sirach 36:23–25
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Sirach 7:18–20
18 Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir. (WEB) 19 Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold. (WEB) 20 Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life. (WEB)
Sirach 26:1–2
1 Happy is the husband of a good wife. The number of his days will be doubled. (WEB) 2 A faithful wife gives joy to her husband. He will fulfill his years in peace. (WEB)
Proverbs 12:3–5
3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones. 5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads…
Sirach 26:12–14
12 She will open her mouth like a thirsty traveller, and drink from every water that is near. She will sit down at every post, and open her quiver to any arrow. (WEB) 13 The grace of a wife will delight her husband. Her knowledge will strengthen his bones. (WEB) 14 A silent woman i… (WEB)
Sirach 4:12–14
12 He who loves her loves life. Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness. (WEB) 13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory. Where he enters, the Lord will bless. (WEB) 14 Those who serve her minister to the Holy One. The Lord loves those who love her. (WEB)
Proverbs 31:10–12
10 A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. 12 She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
Sirach 25:7–9
7 There are nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy, and the tenth I will utter with my tongue: a man who has joy with his children, and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies. (WEB) 8 Happy is he who dwells with a wife of understandi… (WEB)
Sirach 40:22–24
22 Your eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both. (WEB) 23 A friend and a companion is always welcome, and a wife with her husband is better than both. (WEB) 24 Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction, but almsgiving rescues better than… (WEB)
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