Proverbs 31:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 79%

    24 She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.

    25 Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile.

    26 Her mouth is open to give out wisdom, and the law of mercy is on her tongue.

    27 She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

    28 Her children get up and give her honour, and her husband gives her praise, saying,

    29 Unnumbered women have done well, but you are better than all of them.

    30 Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

    31 Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

  • 78%

    21 She has no fear of the snow for her family, for all those in her house are clothed in red.

    22 She makes for herself cushions of needlework; her clothing is fair linen and purple.

  • Prov 31:10-19
    10 verses
    74%

    10 Who may make discovery of a woman of virtue? For her price is much higher than jewels.

    11 The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

    12 She does him good and not evil all the days of her life.

    13 She gets wool and linen, working at the business of her hands.

    14 She is like the trading-ships, getting food from far away.

    15 She gets up while it is still night, and gives meat to her family, and their food to her servant-girls.

    16 After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

    17 She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

    18 She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.

    19 She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.

  • 14 Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

  • 23 A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

  • 4 A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband; but she whose behaviour is a cause of shame is like a wasting disease in his bones.

  • 3 Your wife will be like a fertile vine in the inmost parts of your house: your children will be like olive plants round your table.

  • Num 30:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

    7 And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

  • 14 House and wealth are a heritage from fathers, but a wife with good sense is from the Lord.

  • 3 Where the roads go into the town her cry goes out, at the doorways her voice is loud:

  • 11 If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;

  • 10 Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

  • Prov 3:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour.

    17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

  • 22 Whoever gets a wife gets a good thing, and has the approval of the Lord.

  • 15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

  • Num 30:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

    11 If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

  • 14 Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

  • 9 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

  • 29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

  • Prov 4:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8 Put her in a high place, and you will be lifted up by her; she will give you honour, when you give her your love.

    9 She will put a crown of grace on your head, giving you a head-dress of glory.

  • 32 The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11 She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

    12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

  • 2 And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

  • 20 And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

  • 17 For news of what the queen has done will come to the ears of all women, and they will no longer give respect to their husbands when it is said to them, King Ahasuerus gave orders for Vashti the queen to come before him and she came not.

  • 21 Her words are sounding in the meeting-places, and in the doorways of the town:

  • 24 It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.