A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price.
Corals and pearl are not remembered, The acquisition of wisdom `is' above rubies.
A virtuous woman `is' a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones `is' one causing shame.
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
`Whoso' hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
House and wealth `are' the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah `is' an understanding wife.
Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.
Precious she `is' above rubies, And all thy pleasures are not comparable to her.
The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not.
For better `is' wisdom than rubies, Yea, all delights are not comparable with it.
(that still my soul had sought, and I had not found), One man, a teacher, I have found, and a woman among all these I have not found.
And now, my daughter, fear not, all that thou sayest I do to thee, for all the gate of my people doth know that thou `art' a virtuous woman.
And the name of the man `is' Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman `is' of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man `is' hard and evil `in' doings; and he `is' a Calebite.