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Proverbs 31

Prov. 31:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Shef openeth
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
her mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
with wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
; and in her tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
is the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of kindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
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1 Peter 3:1‑6• 1Likewise, ye wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without word through the behaviour of the wives,
 2having beheld your chaste behaviour in fear;
 3whose adornment let it not be the outward one of plaiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on apparel,
 4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible of the meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God very precious.
 5For thus also heretofore the holy women that hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became doing good and not being afraid of any dismay. (1 Peter 3:1‑6)

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Prov. 31:8‑9• 8Open thy mouth for the dumb,{HR}For the cause of all those that are left desolate.
 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously,{HR}And minister justice to the afflicted and needy. (Prov. 31:8‑9)
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Judg. 13:23• 23But his wife said to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and an oblation at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would he at this time have told us such things as these. (Judg. 13:23)
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1 Sam. 25:24‑31• 24and fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
 25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
 26Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
 27And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
 28I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
 29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul; but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
 30And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel,
 31that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. (1 Sam. 25:24‑31)
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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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2 Kings 22:15‑20• 15And she said to them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me,
 16Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon the inhabitants thereof, all the words of the book that the king of Judah hath read.
 17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my fury is kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
 18But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him: Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel touching the words which thou hast heard:
 19Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee , saith Jehovah.
 20Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. (2 Kings 22:15‑20)
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Esther 4:4• 4And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told [it] her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him: but he received [it] not. (Esther 4:4)
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Esther 5:8• 8if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request—let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said. (Esther 5:8)
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Esther 7:3‑6• 3Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
 4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
 5Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
 6And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. (Esther 7:3‑6)
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Esther 8:3‑6• 3And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
 4Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king;
 5and she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour before him, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king's provinces.
 6For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? (Esther 8:3‑6)
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Luke 1:38,42‑56• 38And Mary said, Behold the bondmaid of [the] Lord; be it to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
 42and cried out with a loud voice and said, Blessed [art] thou amongst women, and blessed the fruit of thy womb.
 43And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
 44For behold, as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped with joy in my womb.
 45And blessed is she that has believed; for there shall be a fulfilment of the things spoken to her from [the] Lord.
 46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
 47and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
 48For he hath looked upon the low estate of his bondmaid; for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
 49For the Mighty One hath done to me great things; and holy [is] his name,
 50and his mercy is to generations and generations to them that fear him.
 51He hath wrought strength with his arm; he hath scattered haughty [ones] in the thought of their heart.
 52He hath put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly.
 53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent the rich empty away.
 54He hath helped Israel, his servant, in order to remember mercy;
 55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed forever.
 56And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house. (Luke 1:38,42‑56)
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Acts 18:26• 26and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him up, and more accurately expounded to him the way of God. (Acts 18:26)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
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Col. 4:5• 5Walk in wisdom toward those without, buying up the time. (Col. 4:5)
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Prov. 12:18• 18There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword;{HR}But the tongue of the wise [is] health. (Prov. 12:18)
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Prov. 16:24• 24Pleasant words [are as] a honey-comb,{HR}Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Prov. 16:24)
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Prov. 25:15• 15By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded,{HR}And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. (Prov. 25:15)
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Gen. 24:18‑20• 18And she said, Drink, my lord; and she hasted, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.
 19And when she had done giving him drink, she said, Also for thy camels I will draw, until they have done drinking.
 20And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. (Gen. 24:18‑20)
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Song of Sol. 2:14• 14My dove, in the clefts of the rock,{HR}In the covert of the precipice,{HR}Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice;{HR}For sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance comely. (Song of Sol. 2:14)
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Song of Sol. 4:11• 11Thy lips, spouse, drop honeycomb;{HR}Honey and milk [are] under thy tongue;{HR}And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 4:11)
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Mal. 2:6• 6The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. (Mal. 2:6)
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Acts 6:15• 15And all that sat in the council, gazing fixedly on him, saw his face as it were an angel's face. (Acts 6:15)
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1 Peter 3:1,4‑5,8‑9• 1Likewise, ye wives, [be] subject to your own husbands, that even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without word through the behaviour of the wives,
 4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible of the meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God very precious.
 5For thus also heretofore the holy women that hoped in God adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
 8Finally [be] all likeminded, sympathetic, brother-loving, tender-hearted, humble-minded;
 9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, because hereunto ye were called, that ye should inherit blessing. (1 Peter 3:1,4‑5,8‑9)
• (Pe) Fittingly the next verse shows that into the lips of such a one grace is poured; nor is the salt of righteousness lacking. Like Priscilla instructing Apollos, she opens her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue. What a contrast to the shrewish and contentious woman, several times contemned in the earlier chapters. See notes on Proverbs 21:19 and 27:15, 16. Because of the pureness of her heart, her tongue delights to utter words of grace and truth. See Proverbs 22:11. (“Proverbs Thirty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and upon her tongue is the law of kindness.

W. Kelly Translation

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She openeth her mouth with wisdom;{HR}And upon her tongue is the law of kindness.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)