Proverbs 31:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 ¶ Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
  • Prov 12:4 : 4 ¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 ¶ Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
  • Deut 21:19 : 19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that [were] in the gate, and the elders, said, [We are] witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
  • Job 29:7 : 7 ¶ When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!

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    24She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

    25Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

    26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue [is] the law of kindness.

    27She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

    28Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband [also], and he praiseth her.

    29Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

    30Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  • Prov 31:21-22
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    21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.

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  • Prov 31:10-19
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    11The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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

    13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

    14She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

    15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

    16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

    17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

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    14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

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    23For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

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    4¶ A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

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    3Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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    6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

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    10[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

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