Holy Scripture

Sirach 26:15

A church father on this verse
“The blessed Virgin brought forth that price as strong and holy with the holiness of uncorrupted modesty. Whence in Ecclesiasticus: "Grace upon grace is a holy and modest woman"; and the Angel said: "Hail, full of grace," because she was holy and modest: holy in flesh and modest in mind.”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 6

Source: Septuagint

Original

15A shamefaced and faithful woman is a double grace, And her continent mind cannot be valued.

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13The grace of a wife delighteth her husband, And her discretion will fatten his bones.

14A silent and loving woman is a gift of the Lord; And there is nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.

— Sirach 26:15 —

16As the sun when it ariseth in the high heaven; So is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of her house.

17As the clear light is upon the holy candlestick: So is the beauty of the face in ripe age.

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