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17 (A)Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
And he will (B)give delight to your soul.

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17 (A)Discipline your son, and he will give you rest;
    he will give delight to your heart.

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Ayin

25 Strength and (A)majesty are her clothing,
And she smiles at the [a]future.

Pe

26 She (B)opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the [b]instruction of lovingkindness is on her tongue.

Tsadhe

27 She watches over the ways of her household,
And does not eat the (C)bread of [c]idleness.

Qoph

28 Her children rise up and bless her;
As for her husband, he also praises her, saying:

Resh

29 “Many daughters have done excellently,
But you have gone above them all.”

Shin

30 [d]Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who [e](D)fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Tav

31 Give to her from the fruit of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:25 Lit latter days
  2. Proverbs 31:26 Or law
  3. Proverbs 31:27 Lit being a sluggard
  4. Proverbs 31:30 Lit Gracefulness
  5. Proverbs 31:30 Or reverences

25 (A)Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
    and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She looks well to the ways of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
    her husband also, and he praises her:
29 “Many (B)women have done (C)excellently,
    but you surpass them all.”
30 (D)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands,
    and let her works praise her in the gates.

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