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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31, Verse 26

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25
Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
King James Version
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.
American Standard Version
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.
New English Translation
She has opened her mouth with wisdom, with loving instruction on her tongue.
World English Bible
She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.
29
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
30
Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
1
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all [is] vanity.
3
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
4
[One] generation passeth away, and [another] generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.