Proverbs 11:16
A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
In Context
15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it : and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:40And when the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to him for a 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 of it, and the oppressed in the midst of it.
Matthew 26:13Verily I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, which this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
Luke 10:42But one thing is needful; and Mary hath 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 →