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Proverbs 31:29-31 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 31 · verses 29–31
29Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. 31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.Proverbs 31:29-31 · King James Version
Proverbs 31:29-31 in context
27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
29Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Commentary
Cross references
- Song of Solomon 6:8-9
- Proverbs 1:7
- 1 Peter 3:4-5
- Proverbs 11:22
- Proverbs 8:13
- 1 Peter 1:24
- Psalms 147:11
- 1 Corinthians 4:5
- Esther 1:11-12
- Psalms 128:2
- Hebrews 6:10
- Revelation 14:13
Key words (Strong's)
- virtuouslychayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- deceitfulsheqeran untruthH8267 →
- fearethyârêʼfearingH3373 →
- FavourchêngraciousnessH2580 →
- beautyyŏphîybeautyH3308 →
- praisehâlalto be clearH1984 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
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This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order, as some of the Psalms, which makes some think it was no part of the lesson which Lemuel's…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-31