An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman.
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.
for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.