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Proverbs 31:30

God's holinessIdentity and self-worth

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.

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.

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BSB
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
KJV
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
WEB
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
ASV
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; [But] a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
DARBY
Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman [that] feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
BLB
Charm [is] deceptive and beauty [is] vapor, and a woman fearing YHWH—she is to be praised.
ÅB
Ynde sviker, og skjønnhet forgår; en kvinne som frykter Herren, hun skal prises.
OTB
Ynde kan være villedende, og skjønnhet varer ikke; men en kvinne som ærer Herren er verdt å prise.
B1930
Ynde sviker, og skjønnhet forgår; en kvinne som frykter Herren, hun skal prises.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 1:7

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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  • 1 Peter 3:4–5

    But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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  • Proverbs 11:22

    As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

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  • Proverbs 8:13

    The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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  • 1 Peter 1:24

    For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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  • Esther 1:11–12

    To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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  • Psalms 147:11

    The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

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