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Prov. 31:30 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shallk be praised.

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Eccl. 7:18• ¹⁸It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. (Eccl. 7:18)

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Eccl. 12:13• ¹³Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Eccl. 12:13)

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Prov. 6:25• ²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. (Prov. 6:25)

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Prov. 11:22• ²²As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. (Prov. 11:22)

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2 Sam. 14:25• ²⁵But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. (2 Sam. 14:25)

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Esther 1:11‑12• ¹¹To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
¹²But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. (Esther 1:11‑12)

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Ezek. 16:15• ¹⁵But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. (Ezek. 16:15)

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James 1:11• ¹¹For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. (James 1:11)

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1 Peter 1:24• ²⁴For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: (1 Peter 1:24)

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Prov. 1:7• ⁷The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (Prov. 1:7)

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Prov. 8:13• ¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. (Prov. 8:13)

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Ex. 1:17‑21• ¹⁷But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
¹⁸And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
¹⁹And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
²⁰Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
²¹And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. (Ex. 1:17‑21)

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Psa. 147:11• ¹¹The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)

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Luke 1:6,46‑50• ⁶And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. (Luke 1:6,46‑50)

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1 Peter 3:4‑5• ⁴But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
⁵For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: (1 Peter 3:4‑5)

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Eccl. 7:18• ¹⁸It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. (Eccl. 7:18)

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Eccl. 12:13• ¹³Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. (Eccl. 12:13)

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Rom. 2:29• ²⁹But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. (Rom. 2:29)

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1 Cor. 4:5• ⁵Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. (1 Cor. 4:5)

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1 Peter 1:7• ⁷That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: (1 Peter 1:7)

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1 Peter 3:4• ⁴But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. (1 Peter 3:4)

• (Schin) Here we have the secret of her devoted, virtuous life. She fears the Lord. This, which our book has declared to be the beginning of wisdom, is her abiding characteristic. Her words, her ways, her dress, and her household discipline, are all ordered as in His presence. Others may pride themselves on their beauty, or endeavor to obtain favor by winning words and pleasing manners; but if there be no true character behind such charms, the day will soon come when praise will give place to contempt; while she who fears Jehovah will be honored by all who appreciate virtue and excellence of spirit. Her beneficent labors too will receive their public and well-merited recognition. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Gracefulness is deceitful and beauty is vain; a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.