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If thy daughter be shameless, keep her in straitly, 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 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.
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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.
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A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, and her continent mind cannot be valued.
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As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; so is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.
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As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick; so is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
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As the golden pillars are upon the sockets of silver; so are the fair feet with a constant heart.
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My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers.
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When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock.