13/09/2024
Good News Bible. Proverbs 31:10-31
[10]How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels!
[11]Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor.
[12]As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm.
[13]She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth.
[14]She brings home food from out-of-the-way places, as merchant ships do.
[15]She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and to tell her servant women what to do.
[16]She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.
[17]She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.
[18]She knows the value of everything she makes, and works late into the night.
[19]She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.
[20]She is generous to the poor and needy.
[21]She doesn't worry when it snows, because her family has warm clothing.
[22]She makes bedspreads and wears clothes of fine purple linen.
[23]Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.
[24]She makes clothes and belts, and sells them to merchants.
[25]She is strong and respected and not afraid of the future.
[26]She speaks with a gentle wisdom.
[27]She is always busy and looks after her family's needs.
[28]Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.
[29]He says, “Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all.”
[30]Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honours the Lord should be praised.
[31]Give her credit for all she does. She deserves the respect of everyone.
