Proverbs 31:26
She has opened her mouth in wisdom, || And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
In Context
25Strength and honor [are] her clothing, || And she rejoices at a latter day.
27She [is] watching the ways of her household, || And she does not eat bread of sloth.
Cross References
Judges 13:23And his wife says to him, “If YHWH were desirous to put us to death, He had not received burnt-offering and present from our hands, nor showed us all these things, nor caused us to hear [anything] like this as [at this] time.”
2 Samuel 20:16And a wise woman calls out of the city, “Hear! Hear! Please say to Joab, Come near here, and I speak to you.”
Esther 4:4And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare [it] to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sends garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he has not received [them].
Esther 7:3And Esther the queen answers and says, “If I have found grace in your eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And the tongue of contrariness is cut out.
Proverbs 16:24Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, || Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
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 →