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Prov. 11:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A graciousb woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches.

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Prov. 31:30• ³⁰Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised. (Prov. 31:30)

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Prov. 31:30‑31• ³⁰Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
³¹Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates. (Prov. 31:30‑31)

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1 Sam. 25:32‑33• ³²And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me.
³³And blessed be thy discernment, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me this day from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (1 Sam. 25:32‑33)

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2 Sam. 20:16‑22• ¹⁶And a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
¹⁷And he came near to her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am he. And she said to him, Listen to the words of thy handmaid. And he said, I am listening.
¹⁸And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.
¹⁹I am peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?
²⁰And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
²¹The matter is not so; but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give up him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
²²Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. (2 Sam. 20:16‑22)

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Esther 9:25• ²⁵and when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows. (Esther 9:25)

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Matt. 26:13• ¹³Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. (Matt. 26:13)

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Luke 8:3• ³and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance. (Luke 8:3)

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Luke 10:42• ⁴²but there is need of one, and Mary has chosen the good part, the which shall not be taken from her. (Luke 10:42)

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Luke 21:2‑4• ²but he saw also a certain poor widow casting therein two mites.
³And he said, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow has cast in more than all;
⁴for all these out of their abundance have cast into the gifts of God; but she out of her need has cast in all the living which she had. (Luke 21:2‑4)

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Acts 9:39• ³⁹And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. (Acts 9:39)

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Acts 16:14‑15• ¹⁴And a certain woman, by name Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshipped God, heard; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.
¹⁵And when she had been baptised and her house, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us. (Acts 16:14‑15)

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Rom. 16:2‑4,6• ²that ye may receive her in the Lord worthily of saints, and that ye may assist her in whatever matter she has need of you; for *she* also has been a helper of many, and of myself.
³Salute Prisca and Aquila, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus,
⁴(who for my life staked their own neck; to whom not *I* only am thankful, but also all the assemblies of the nations,)
⁶Salute Maria, who laboured much for you. (Rom. 16:2‑4,6)

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2 John 1• ¹The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom *I* love in truth, and not *I* only but also all who have known the truth, (2 John 1)

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Luke 11:21‑22• ²¹When the strong man armed keeps his own house, his goods are in peace;
²²but when the stronger than he coming upon him overcomes him, he takes away his panoply in which he trusted, and he will divide the spoil he has taken from him. (Luke 11:21‑22)

• As strength of body enables a man to retain his wealth against those who would assail it, so strength of character is evidenced even in the weaker vessel by the ability to yield, in grace, rather than to stand for what might be thought her rights; and thus she retains honor. (“Proverbs Eleven” by H.A. Ironside)

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A graciousi woman retaineth honour; and the violent retain riches.

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Or "graceful."