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Proverbs 31:29-31
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 31:29-31
New Catholic Bible
29 “Many are the women who have done admirable things,[a]
but you outdo them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive[b] and beauty is fleeting,
but the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her a share in what her hands have accomplished,[c]
and let her works bring her praise at the city gates.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:29 Many . . . have done admirable things: see Isa 32:20.
- Proverbs 31:30 Charm is deceptive: see Prov 5:3. Beauty is fleeting: see Job 14:2; 1 Pet 3:3-5. Who fears the Lord: see note on Prov 1:7.
- Proverbs 31:31 Share in what her hands have accomplished: see Prov 12:14. Bring her praise: because of her “humility and fear of the Lord” (Prov 22:4).
Proverbs 31:29-31
New International Version
Proverbs 31:29-31
New International Version
29 “Many women do noble things,
but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
and let her works bring her praise(A) at the city gate.
New International Version (NIV) 
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