Proverbs 31:10-13

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In Praise of a Good Wife

¹⁰A truly good wife
is the most precious treasure
    a man can find!
¹¹Her husband depends on her,
and she never
    lets him down.
¹²She is good to him
    every day of her life,
¹³and with her own hands
    she gladly makes clothes.

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Proverbs 31:19-20

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¹⁹She spins her own cloth,
²⁰and she helps the poor
and the needy.

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Proverbs 31:30-31

Contemporary English Version

³⁰Charm can be deceiving,
    and beauty fades away,
but a woman
who honors the Lord
    deserves to be praised.
³¹Show her respect—
praise her in public
    for what she has done.