¹⁰ Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

¹¹ The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

¹² She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

¹³ She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

⁷ And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

²⁴ She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.

²⁵ Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile.

²⁶ Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

²⁷ She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

²⁸ Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

¹³ She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

¹⁴ She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.

¹⁵ She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

¹⁶ After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

¹⁷ She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

¹⁸ She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.

¹⁹ She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.

²⁰ Her hands are stretched out to the poor; yes, she is open-handed to those who are in need.

²¹ She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.

⁹ And that women may be dressed in simple clothing, with a quiet and serious air; not with twisted hair and gold or jewels or robes of great price;

¹¹ Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

¹ Wives, be ruled by your husbands; so that even if some of them give no attention to the word, their hearts may be changed by the behaviour of their wives,

² When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.

³ Do not let your ornaments be those of the body such as dressing of the hair, or putting on of jewels of gold or fair clothing;

⁴ But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.

⁵ And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:

⁶ As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.

⁷ And you husbands, give thought to your way of life with your wives, giving honour to the woman who is the feebler vessel, but who has an equal part in the heritage of the grace of life; so that you may not be kept from prayer.

²² Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.

²³ For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

²⁴ And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

²⁵ Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;

¹ Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

³ That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

⁴ Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

⁵ To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

⁶ To the young men give orders to be wise and serious-minded:

⁸ My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

¹¹ But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

¹² For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

¹³ Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?