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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• ³⁰Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. (Prov. 31:30)

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Prov. 31:30‑31• ³⁰Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, 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 the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
³³And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (1 Sam. 25:32‑33)

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2 Sam. 20:16‑22• ¹⁶Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
¹⁷And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
¹⁸Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
¹⁹I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?
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, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
²²Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. (2 Sam. 20:16‑22)

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

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Matt. 26:13• ¹³Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. (Matt. 26:13)

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

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Luke 10:42• ⁴²But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:42)

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Luke 21:2‑4• ²And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
³And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
⁴For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. (Luke 21:2‑4)

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Acts 9:39• ³⁹Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. (Acts 9:39)

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Acts 16:14‑15• ¹⁴And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
¹⁵And when she was baptized, and her household, 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 receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succorer of many, and of myself also.
³Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
⁴Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
⁶Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us. (Rom. 16:2‑4,6)

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2 John 1• ¹The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; (2 John 1)

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Luke 11:21‑22• ²¹When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
²²But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. (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."