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(A)Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.[a]
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
    (C)defend the rights of (D)the poor and needy.

The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 [b] (E)An excellent wife who can find?
    She is far more precious than (F)jewels.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away
  2. Proverbs 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

Speak(A) up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.(B)

Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character

10 [a]A wife of noble character(C) who can find?(D)
    She is worth far more than rubies.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.