¹ Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

¹ And it came to pass thereafter, that he was going through every city and village, preaching and proclaiming good news of the reign of God, and the twelve `are' with him,

² and certain women, who were healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary who is called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone forth,

³ and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

⁴ And a great multitude having gathered, and those who from city and city were coming unto him, he spake by a simile:

³ aged women, in like manner, in deportment as doth become sacred persons, not false accusers, to much wine not enslaved, of good things teachers,

⁴ that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of `their' husbands, lovers of `their' children,

⁵ sober, pure, keepers of `their own' houses, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of.

⁶ The younger men, in like manner, be exhorting to be sober-minded;

¹⁶ A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible `men' retain riches.

¹¹ Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

¹⁹ Better to dwell in a wilderness land, Than `with' a woman of contentions and anger.

³⁰ The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

⁷ The husbands, in like manner, dwelling with `them', according to knowledge, as to a weaker vessel -- to the wife -- imparting honour, as also being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

⁴ A virtuous woman `is' a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones `is' one causing shame.

¹ In like manner, the wives, be ye subject to your own husbands, that even if certain are disobedient to the word, through the conversation of the wives, without the word, they may be won,

¹⁴ House and wealth `are' the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah `is' an understanding wife.