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29 “Many are the women of proven worth,
    but you have excelled them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting;
    the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.[a]
31 Acclaim her for the work of her hands,
    and let her deeds praise her at the city gates.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:30 The true charm of this woman is her religious spirit, for she fears the Lord; cf. note on 1:7.