Proverbs 31:30
Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain, || A woman fearing YHWH, she may boast herself.
Literal Standard 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
29“The daughters who have done worthily [are] many, || You have gone up above them all.”
31Give to her of the fruit of her hands, || And her works praise her in the gates!
Cross References
Exodus 1:17And the midwives fear God, and have not done as the king of Egypt has spoken to them, and they keep the boys alive;
Esther 1:11to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to show the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she [is] of good appearance,
Proverbs 1:7Fear of YHWH [is the] beginning of knowledge, || Fools have despised wisdom and instruction!
Proverbs 8:13The fear of YHWH [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, || And a contrary mouth, I have hated.
Ecclesiastes 7:18[It is] good that you lay hold on this, and also, do not withdraw your hand from that, for whoever is fearing God goes out with them all.
Ezekiel 16:15And you trust in your beauty, || And go whoring because of your renown, || And pour out your whoredoms on everyone passing by—to him [that would have] it.
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 →