Proverbs 31:30
Some women who are attractive are not really good women, but they can deceive us regarding what they are really like. Furthermore, women’s beauty does not last; but women who revere Yahweh should be honored.
Translation for Translators
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
29He says to her, “There are many women who do admirable things, but you surpass them all!”
31Reward women who are like that, and praise them in public [MTY] for what they have done.
Cross References
Exodus 1:17But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live.
Esther 1:11He told them to bring Queen Vashti to him, wearing her crown. He wanted his guests to see that she was very beautiful.
Proverbs 1:7If you want to be wise, you must begin by revering Yahweh. Only foolish people despise wisdom and good advice/discipline.
Proverbs 8:13All the people who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate people who are proud and people who think they are more important than others. I hate people who behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive others.
Ecclesiastes 7:18Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God.
Ezekiel 16:15But it was as though [MET] you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could earn a lot of money by becoming a prostitute. It was as though you had sex with [EUP] every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty.
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 →