9. A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father; And the care for her puts away sleep; In her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age; And when she is married, lest she should be hated:
10. In her virginity, lest she should be defiled And be with child in her father’s house; And when she has a husband, lest she should transgress; And when she is married, lest she should be barren.
11. Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter, Lest she make you a laughing stock to your enemies, A byword in the city and notorious among the people, And shame you before the multitude.
12. Look not upon every body in regard of beauty, And sit not in the midst of women;
13. For from garments comes a moth, And from a woman a woman’s wickedness.
14. Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant-dealing woman, And a woman which puts you to shameful reproach.
15. I will make mention now of the works of the Lord, And will declare the things that I have seen: In the words of the Lord are his works.
16. The sun that gives light looks upon all things; And the work of the Lord is full of his glory.