OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 22:4

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A prudent daughter will inherit a husband of her own. She who brings shame is the grief of her father.

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Verse 4. Inheritance. Her wisdom and economy. Proverbs 31:29. Women had no inheritance among the Jews, when they had brothers.

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