Proverbs 11:16
A gracious woman obtains honor, and aggressive men obtain riches.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
In Context
15He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
17The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:40And when the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to him to wife.
Esther 9:25But when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Amos 3:9Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are in it, and what oppressions are in the midst of it.
Matthew 26:13Truly I say to you, wherever this good-news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told for a memorial of her.
Luke 10:42but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.
Luke 21:2And he also saw a certain poor widow there casting in two mites.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:16
The Rewards of Righteousness. 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. Here we are taught, 1. In general, that we may not use our estates as we will (he that gave them to us has reserved to himself a power to direct us how we shall use them, for they are not our own; we are but stewards), and further that God in his law consults our interests and teaches us that charity which begins at home, as well as that which must not end there. There is a good husbandry… Read the whole commentary →