Proverbs 31:26
24 She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.
25 Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband praises her as well:
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Compare
- BSB
- She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
- KJV
- She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
- WEB
- She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
- ASV
- She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.
- DARBY
- She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.
- BLB
- She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness [is] on her tongue.
- ÅB
- Hun åpner sin munn med visdom, og kjærlig formaning er på hennes tunge.
- OTB
- Hennes ord er fylt med visdom, og hun lærer vennlighet: det er alltid på hennes tunge.
- B1930
- Hun oplater sin munn med visdom, og kjærlig formaning er på hennes tunge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:29
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Read in contextProverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Read in contextProverbs 10:31
The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
Read in contextProverbs 12:18
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Read in contextColossians 4:5
Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
Read in context1 Peter 3:4–5
but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
Read in contextProverbs 31:8–9
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Read in contextMalachi 2:6
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
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