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• Great is he who has gained wisdom, but no one surpasses the man who fears the Lord. (Ecclesiasticus 25, 10)

• Since the fear of the Lord excels everything, who can compare with the one who possesses it? (Ecclesiasticus 25, 11)

• A good wife is the best of gifts, reserved for those who fear the Lord; (Ecclesiasticus 26, 3)

• She opens her mouth like a thirsty traveler to drink any water coming her way; she sits by any pole and opens her quiver to every arrow. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 12)

• A wife who knows how to be silent is a gift from the Lord; the well-trained wife is invaluable. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 14)

• Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord, such is the enchantment of a good wife in a well-kept house. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 16)

• There are two things which grieve me and a third which makes me angry: a warrior who suffers want; intelligent men who are treated contemptuously; a man who turns from virtue to sin. The Lord singles this man out to strike him down. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 28)

• The house of him who does not keep himself firmly in the fear of the Lord will soon be knocked to the ground. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 3)

• I hate many things but nothing more than this man; the Lord, also, hates and curses him. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 24)

• He who demands revenge will suffer the vengeance of the Lord who keeps a strict account of his sins. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 1)

• Those who desert the Lord will be its victims, it will burn them without being burnt up itself; it will lunge at them like a lion, and rip them apart like a leopard. (Ecclesiasticus 28, 23)

• "Be off, stranger, make room for somebody more important; my brother is coming to see me, I need the house." (Ecclesiasticus 29, 27)