²⁵ Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. ²⁶ She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. ²⁷ She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn't eat the bread of idleness.

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Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Genesis 24:18-20

She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink.

Judges 13:23

But his wife said to him, "If the LORD meant to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a grain offering from us, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would he have spoken to us now like this."

1 Samuel 25:24-31

She fell at his feet, and said, "On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.

2 Samuel 20:16-22

Then a wise woman cried out of the city, "Hear, hear. Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"

2 Kings 22:15-20

She said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Tell the man who sent you to me,

Esther 4:4

Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he did not receive it.

Esther 5:8

If I have found favor 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 will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."

Esther 7:3-6

Then Esther the queen answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

Esther 8:3-6

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plot that he had devised against the Jews.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 25:15

By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

Song of Songs 2:14

My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Song of Songs 4:11

Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Malachi 2:6

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

Luke 1:38

And Mary said, "See, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.

Luke 1:42-56

She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Acts 6:15

All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

Acts 18:26

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Colossians 4:5

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

1 Peter 3:1

In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any do not obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

1 Peter 3:4-5

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.

1 Peter 3:8-9

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, humble,

Proverbs 31:26

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