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Proverbs 31:8-10
Lexham English Bible

8 Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights[a] of all the needy.[b]
9 Open your mouth, judge righteousness,
    and defend the poor and needy.

An Excellent Woman[c]

10 A woman[d] of excellence,[e] who will find?
    For her worth is far more than precious jewels.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew “right”
  2. Proverbs 31:8 Literally “the sons of the needy”
  3. Proverbs 31:10 Prov 31:10–31 is an acrostic poem
  4. Proverbs 31:10 Or “wife”
  5. Proverbs 31:10 Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
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