Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Ecclesiasticus 26:21-28 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

21. As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house.

22. As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.

23. As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.

24. As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.

25. At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:

26. A man of was fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:

27. And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.

28. Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.