Woman

 

      My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 

      That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 

     For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 

       But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 

       Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 

       Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 

       Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 

       Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 

       Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 

Proverbs 5: 1-9

     Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 

      Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 

       And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 

     For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 

     His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 

     He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. 

Proverbs 5: 18-23

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      Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price  is far above rubies. 

       The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 

      She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 

      She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 

      She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 

       She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 

      She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 

      She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 

      She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 

      She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 

      She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.  

      She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 

      She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 

       Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 

      She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 

       Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. 

      She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 

      She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 

       Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 

      Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 

      Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 

       Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. 

Proverbs 31: 10-31