Sirach 26:1-3, 15-18, 24
1 Timothy 5:3-10
Psalms 31:4-5, 8-9, 20, 24-25
Sirach 26:1-3, 15-18, 24
(1) Blessed is the husband of a good wife. For the number of his years is doubled (2) A good wife delights her husband, and she will fill up the years of his life with peace (3) A good wife is a good portion. She will be given the portion of those who fear God, like a man who has done good deeds (15) Like a thirsty traveler, she will open her mouth to the fountain, and she will drink from every water nearby, and she will sit down beside every fencepost, and she will open her quiver to every arrow, until she becomes weary (16) The grace of an attentive wife will delight her husband, and will fatten his bones (17) Her discipline is a gift from God (18) Such is an understanding and quiet wife. For there is no substitution for a well-instructed soul (24) Like everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so are the commandments of God in the heart of a holy wife
1 Timothy 5:3-10
(3) Honor those widows who are true widows (4) But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let her first learn to manage her own household, and to fulfill, in turn, her own obligation to her parents; for this is acceptable before God (5) But she who is truly a widow and is destitute, let her hope in God, and let her be urgent in supplications and prayers, night and day (6) For she who is living in pleasures is dead, while living (7) And give instruction in this, so that they may be beyond reproach (8) But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever (9) Let a widow be chosen who is no less than sixty years of age, who was the wife of one husband (10) who has testimony of her good works: whether she has educated children, or has provided hospitality, or has washed the feet of the saints, or has ministered to those suffering tribulation, or has pursued any kind of good work
Psalms 31:4-5, 8-9, 20, 24-25
(4) For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing (5) I have acknowledged my offense to you, and I have not concealed my injustice. I said, “I will confess against myself, my injustice to the Lord,” and you forgave the impiety of my sin (8) I will give you understanding, and I will instruct you in this way, in which you will walk. I will fix my eyes upon you (9) Do not become like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding. Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, so as not to draw near to you
