18  Let your ^ofountain be blessed,

and ^srejoice in ^tthe wife of your youth,

4  ^dAn excellent wife is ^ethe crown of her husband,

but she who ^fbrings shame is like ^grottenness in his bones.

22  He who finds ^ua wife finds ^va good thing

and ^wobtains favor ^xfrom the Lord.

13  ^tA foolish son is ruin to his father,

and ^ua wife’s quarreling is ^va continual dripping of rain.

14  ^wHouse and wealth are inherited from fathers,

but a prudent wife is ^xfrom the Lord.

10  ^{1 u}An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than ^vjewels.