Ecclesiasticus 26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1885, 1895(RV1895)

1 kind I made supplication:

The slander of a city, and the assembly of a multitude, and a false accusation:

All these are more grievous than death.

6A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman price worthy of a continent soul.

16As the sun when it ariseth in the highest places of the Lord,

So is the beauty of a good wife a man's house.

17As

28 Cp. ch. 23.16. For two things my heart is grieved;

And for the third anger cometh upon me:

A man of war that suffereth for poverty;

And See ch. 13.22.men of understanding that are counted as refuse:

Cp. Ezek. 18.24. One that turneth back from righteousness to sin;

The Lord shall prepare him for the sword.

29 Cp. ch. 27.2 & 37.11. Prov. 20.14. A MERCHANT shall hardly keep himself from wrong doing;

And a huckster shall not be acquitted of sin.