A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.
No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; the price of wisdom is above pearls.
A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.
House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.
for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
which my mind 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.
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 woman of worth.
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.