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29 “Many women have done wonderful things,” he says,[a]
    “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.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:29 The Heb. lacks he says
  2. Proverbs 31:31 Lit. in praise in the gates

29 “Many women do noble things,
    but you surpass them all.”
30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31 Honor her for all that her hands have done,
    and let her works bring her praise(A) at the city gate.

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