Proverbs 11:16
A gracious woman retains honour: and strong men retain riches.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
In Context
17The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying, David sent us unto you, to take you to him to wife.
Esther 9:25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Amos 3:9Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Matthew 26:13Verily I say unto you, Where ever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her.
Luke 10:42But one thing is necessary: and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke 21:2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:16
The Rewards of Righteousness. 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. Here we are taught, 1. In general, that we may not use our estates as we will (he that gave them to us has reserved to himself a power to direct us how we shall use them, for they are not our own; we are but stewards), and further that God in his law consults our interests and teaches us that charity which begins at home, as well as that which must not end there. There is a good husbandry… Read the whole commentary →