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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.
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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.
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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.
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An evil wife is a yoke shaken to and fro: he that hath hold of her is as though he held a scorpion.
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A drunken woman and a gadder abroad causeth great anger, and she will not cover her own shame.
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The whoredom of a woman may be known in her haughty looks and eyelids.
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If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in strictly, lest she abuse herself through overmuch liberty.
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Watch over an impudent eye, and marvel not if she trespass against thee.
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She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveler 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.
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The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, and her discretion will fatten his bones.
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A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.