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Proverbs 31:30–31

Proverbs 31:30–31 (Listen)

30   Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
31   Give her of the fruit of her hands,
    and let her works praise her in the gates.

Proverbs 31:28–29

Proverbs 31:28–29 (Listen)

28   Her children rise up and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
29   “Many women have done excellently,
    but you surpass them all.”

Proverbs 31:26–27

Proverbs 31:26–27 (Listen)

26   She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27   She looks well to the ways of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 31:24–25

Proverbs 31:24–25 (Listen)

24   She makes linen garments and sells them;
    she delivers sashes to the merchant.
25   Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.

Proverbs 31:22–23

Proverbs 31:22–23 (Listen)

22   She makes bed coverings for herself;
    her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23   Her husband is known in the gates
    when he sits among the elders of the land.

Proverbs 31:20–21

Proverbs 31:20–21 (Listen)

20   She opens her hand to the poor
    and reaches out her hands to the needy.
21   She is not afraid of snow for her household,
    for all her household are clothed in scarlet.Or in double thickness">1

Footnotes

Proverbs 31:18–19

Proverbs 31:18–19 (Listen)

18   She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
    Her lamp does not go out at night.
19   She puts her hands to the distaff,
    and her hands hold the spindle.

Proverbs 31:16–17

Proverbs 31:16–17 (Listen)

16   She considers a field and buys it;
    with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
17   She dresses herselfHebrew She girds her loins">1 with strength
    and makes her arms strong.

Footnotes

Proverbs 31:14–15

Proverbs 31:14–15 (Listen)

14   She is like the ships of the merchant;
    she brings her food from afar.
15   She rises while it is yet night
    and provides food for her household
    and portions for her maidens.