KJV King James Version
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
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Proverbs 31:10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
WEB World English Bible
Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.
ASV American Standard Version
A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies is her price.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 31
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
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Proverbs 19:14House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.Proverbs 18:22[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.Ephesians 5:25-33Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;Proverbs 3:15She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.Song of Solomon 6:8-9There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.Ruth 3:11And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou [art] a virtuous woman.Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.Ecclesiastes 7:28Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.Proverbs 8:11For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.Job 28:18No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom [is] above rubies.
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