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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31, Verse 28

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She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
King James Version
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.
American Standard Version
Her children rise up, and call her blessed; Her husband [also], and he praiseth her, [saying] :
New English Translation
Her children have risen and called her blessed; her husband also has praised her:
World English Bible
Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises 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.
6
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7
All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.