17 Discipline your child,(A) and it will bring you peace of mind
and give you delight.

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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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25 Strength(A) and honor are her clothing,(B)
and she can laugh at the time to come.(C)
26 Her mouth speaks wisdom,
and loving instruction[a] is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the activities of her household(D)
and is never idle.[b]
28 Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also praises her:
29 “Many women[c] have done noble deeds,
but you surpass them all!” (E)
30 Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,(F)
but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised.
31 Give her the reward of her labor,[d]
and let her works praise her at the city gates.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:26 Or and the teaching of kindness
  2. 31:27 Lit and does not eat the bread of idleness
  3. 31:29 Lit daughters
  4. 31:31 Lit the fruit of her hands

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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