Proverbs 31:26
She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
In Context
25Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come.
27She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
Cross References
Judges 13:23But his wife said to him, “If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he wouldn’t have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, and he wouldn’t have shown us all these things, nor would he have told us such things as these at this time.”
2 Samuel 20:16Then a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”
Esther 4:4Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth, but he didn’t receive it.
Esther 7:3Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous produces wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
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 →