Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.

If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;

suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished -

Her children stand up and encourage her, as does her husband, who praises her:

Her husband has full confidence in her; as a result, he lacks nothing of value.

But in the end she is as bitter as wormwood, and as sharp as a two-edged sword.

She openeth her hand to the poor, yea she stretcheth forth her hands to such as have need

She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread.

Such is the way also of a wife that breaketh wedlock, which wipeth her mouth like as when she hath eaten, and sayeth, "As for me, I have done no harm."

She comforts, encourages, and does him only good and not evil
All the days of her life.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.