Proverbs 31:30
Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
In Context
29Many daughters have gathered together riches; you have surpassed them all.
31Give to her from the fruit of her own hands. And let her works praise her at the gates.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared God, and so they did not act according to the precept of the king of Egypt, but they kept the males safe.
Esther 1:11to bring in queen Vashti before the king, with the crown set upon her head, to show her beauty to the whole people and to the leaders, for she was very beautiful.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The foolish despise wisdom as well as doctrine.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Ecclesiastes 7:18Do not act with great impiety, and do not choose to be foolish, lest you die before your time.
Ezekiel 16:15But, having confidence in your own beauty, you fornicated in your fame. And you presented your fornication to every passer-by, so as to become his.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:11-31
The Virtuous Woman. 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field,… Read the whole commentary →