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Ecclesiasticus 26:7-13 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

7. And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.

8. A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.

9. With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.

10. As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion.

11. A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.

12. The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.

13. On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.

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