Ecclesiasticus 7:25
“Marrie thy daughter, and so shalt thou haue performed a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding.”
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Ecclesiasticus 7:25 Context
23Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow downe their necke from their youth. 24Hast thou daughters? haue care of their body, and shewe not thy selfe cheerefull toward them. 25Marrie thy daughter, and so shalt thou haue performed a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding. 26Hast thou a wife after thy minde? forsake her not, but giue not thy selfe ouer to a light woman. 27Honour thy father with thy whole heart, and forget not the sorrowes of thy mother.
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Marry thy daughter, and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
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