10
Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest, when she finds liberty, she use it to her hurt.
11
Be on guard against her impudent eye, and do not wonder if she sins against you.
12
As a thirsty wayfarer opens his mouth and drinks from any water near him, so will she sit in front of every post and open her quiver to the arrow.
13
A wife's charm delights her husband, and her skill puts fat on his bones.
14
A silent wife is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so precious as a disciplined soul.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.