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17 Correct your son and he will comfort you;
    he will also delight your soul.

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25 Strength and dignity are her garments;
    she smiles about the future.
26 She speaks wisely,
    teaching with gracious love.
27 She looks discretely to the affairs of her household,
    and she is never lazy.[a]
28 Her children stand up and encourage her,
    as does her husband, who praises her:
29 “Many women have done wonderful things,” he says,[b]
    “but you surpass all of them!”

30 Charm is deceitful and beauty fades;
    but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.
31 Reward her for her work—
    let her actions result in public praise.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:27 Lit. she does not eat the food of laziness
  2. Proverbs 31:29 The Heb. lacks he says
  3. Proverbs 31:31 Lit. in praise in the gates