Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Her beautiful face and attractive figure are as lovely as the light from the sacred lampstand in the Temple, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Her discipline is the gift of God. Sirach 26:15She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail. Sirach 26:16 The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. 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. Context Sirach 26…16The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. 17Her discipline is the gift of God. 18Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.… Cross References Sirach 26:15 She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail. Sirach 26:16 The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones. 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. |
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