Proverbs 31:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Her husbande is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Then went Booz vp to the gate, and sat him downe there: and beholde, the kinsman of which Booz spake, came by, vnto whom, he sayde: Ho, suche one, come, sit downe here. And he turned, & sat downe.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hym, and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie, and vnto the gate of that same place,
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, sayde, We are witnesses: The Lord make the woma that is come into thyne house, lyke Rahel and Lea, whiche twayne dyd buylde the house of Israel: & that thou mayest do worthyly in Ephrata, and be famous in Bethlehem.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seate, and when I prepared my seate in the streete:

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    24She maketh cloth of silke, and selleth it: and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt.

    25Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.

    26She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and in her tongue is the lawe of grace.

    27She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her bread with idlenesse.

    28Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her.

    29Many daughters there be that gather riches together: but thou goest aboue them all.

    30As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed.

    31Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 31:21-22
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    21She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurt her housholde, for all her housholde folkes are clothed with scarlet.

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  • Prov 31:10-19
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    10Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles.

    11The heart of her husbande may safely trust in her, so that he shall fall into no pouertie.

    12She wyll do hym good, and not euill, all the dayes of her lyfe.

    13She occupieth wooll and flaxe, and laboureth gladly with her handes.

    14She is like a marchauntes ship, that bryngeth her vittayles from a farre.

    15She is vp in the nyght season, to prouide meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens.

    16She considereth lande, and byeth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.

    17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.

    18And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth not out by nyght.

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    14Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie,

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    23A spiteful woman when she is maried, and an handmayde that is heire to her maistresse.

  • Prov 12:4
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    4A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.

  • Ps 128:3
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    3Thy wyfe shalbe as a fruitfull vine: vpon the sides of thyne house. Thy chyldren shalbe like oliue braunches: rounde about thy table.

  • Num 30:6-7
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    70%

    6If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule:

    7And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect.

  • Prov 19:14
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    14House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.

  • Prov 8:3
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    3She cryeth at the gates of the citie, at the entrye of the doores:

  • Deut 25:11
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    11If when men striue together one with another, the wife of the one drawe neare for to ryd her husbande out of the handes of hym that smyteth hym, and put foorth her hande and take hym by the secretes:

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    10Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

  • Prov 3:16-17
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    16In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour.

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    22Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.

  • Deut 22:15
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    15Then shall the father of the damsell & the mother, bryng foorth the tokens of the damsels virginitie vnto the elders of the citie in the gate,

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    10If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe:

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  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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    8Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour:

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    32But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, and taketh other in steede of her husbande.

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    11She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house:

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    20And when this commaundement of the king which shalbe made, is published throughout all his empire whiche is great, all women shall holde their husbandes in honour both among great and small.

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    21She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying:

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    24It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.