Proverbs 29:17
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17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest;
they will give delight to your heart.(A)
Proverbs 29:17
Lexham English Bible
17 Discipline your children, and they will give you rest,
and they will give delight to your soul.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:17 Or “life,” or “inner self”
Proverbs 31:25-31
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25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the time to come.(A)
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.(B)
27 She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.(C)
28 Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband, too, and he praises her:
29 “Many women have done excellently,
but you surpass them all.”(D)
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.(E)
31 Give her a share in the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the city gates.
Proverbs 31:25-31
Lexham English Bible
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
and she laughs at the future.[a]
26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and instruction of kindness is upon her tongue.
27 She looks after the ways of her household,
and the bread of idleness she will not eat.
28 Her children rise and consider her happy,
her husband[b] also, and he praises her;
29 “Many daughters have done excellence,[c]
but you surpass[d] all of them.”
30 Charm[e] is deceit and beauty[f] is vain;[g]
but a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.
31 Give to her from the fruit of her hand,
and may they praise her works in the city gates.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:25 Literally “to the day/time coming after”
- Proverbs 31:28 Or “lord”
- Proverbs 31:29 Or “strength,” or “valor,” or “ability,” or “efficiency”
- Proverbs 31:29 Literally “you ascend over”
- Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “The charm”
- Proverbs 31:30 Hebrew “the beauty”
- Proverbs 31:30 Or “vapor,” or “emptiness,” or “breath”
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