25:25 Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad. 25:26 If she go not as thou wouldest have her, cut her off from thy flesh, and give her a bill of divorce, and let her go. 26:1 Blessed is the man that hath a virtuous wife, for the number of his days shall be double. 26:2 A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace. 26:3 A good wife is a good portion, which shall be given in the portion of them that fear the Lord. 26:4 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. 26:5 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. 26:6 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. 26:7 An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion. 26:8 A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame. 26:9 The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids. 26:10 If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty. 26:11 Watch over an impudent eye: and marvel not if she trespass against thee. 26:12 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. 26:13 The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones. 26:14 A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed. 26:15 A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued. 26:16 As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house. 26:17 As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age. 26:18 As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart. 26:19 My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers. 26:20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock. 26:21 So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent. 26:22 An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband. 26:23 A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord. 26:24 A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest woman will reverence her husband.