Proverbs 31:30
Chen (charm) is sheker (deceitful), and yofi (beauty) is fleeting; 1 but an isha Yirat Hashem (a G-d fearing wife), she shall be praised. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
29Rabbot banot have done virtuously, 1 but thou excellest them all. 1
31Give her of the p'ri (fruit) of her yadayim; 1 and let her own ma'asim praise her in the she'arim.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the meyalledot feared HaElohim, and did not as Melech Mitzrayim commanded them, but saved the yeladim alive.
Esther 1:11To bring Vashti HaMalkah before HaMelech with the keter malkhut (royal crown), to show the people and the sarim (princes) her beauty, for she was lovely to behold.
Proverbs 1:7The Yirat Hashem is the reshit da'as, 1 but fools despise chochmah and musar. 1
Proverbs 8:13The Yirat Hashem is to hate rah; 1 pride, and ga'on (arrogance), and the derech rah, 1 and the perverse peh (mouth), do I hate. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:18It is good that thou holdest fast to the one and withdrawest not thine hand from the other; for he is a yire Elohim (G-d fearer) who shall fulfill both.
Ezekiel 16:15But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the zonah because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy harlotry on every one that passed by; his it became.
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 →