Anonymous (Septuagint) · a new plain-English translation from the original language
1| Happy is the husband of a good wife, and the number of his days will be doubled.
2| A courageous wife delights her husband, and she will fill out his years in peace.
3| A good wife is a good portion; she is given as a share to those who fear the Lord.
4| Whether a man is rich or poor, if his heart is good, his face is cheerful at every season.
5| Of three things my heart has been afraid, and at a fourth thing I was in dread: slander in the city, the gathering of a mob, and a false charge laid against me — each of these is harder to bear than dying.
6| Grief of heart and mourning is a wife jealous of another wife, and a scourge of the tongue that shares itself with everyone.
7| A wicked wife is like an ox-yoke that shakes loose; the one who takes hold of her is like one grasping a scorpion.
8| A drunken wife is a great wrath, and she will not hide her own shame.
9| A woman's fornication is known by the lifting up of her eyes, and by her eyelids it will be recognized.
10| Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest, finding liberty, she make use of it for herself.
11| Be on guard against a shameless eye, and do not be surprised if it sins against you.
12| Like a thirsty traveler she opens her mouth and drinks from any water that is near; she sits down before every stake, and opens her quiver before every arrow.
13| A wife's charm delights her husband, and her skill puts fat on his bones.
14| A wife who keeps silence is a gift granted by the Lord, and nothing can be weighed against a well-trained spirit.
15| A modest wife is favor upon favor, and no weight of scales is worthy of a soul that is self-controlled.
16| Like the sun rising in the Lord's highest heavens, so a good wife's beauty adorns a household kept in order by her husband.
17| Like a lamp shining upon the holy lampstand is the beauty of her face in the years of her maturity.
18| Like golden pillars upon a base of silver are her shapely feet upon steadfast heels.
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28| At two things my heart has grieved, and at a third anger came upon me: a warrior brought to want through poverty, and men of understanding treated as refuse; one who turns back from righteousness to sin — the Lord will make ready such a one for the sword.
29| A merchant can hardly keep himself free from wrongdoing, and a shopkeeper will not be justified from sin.