Proverbs 31:30

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Summary

Proverbs 31:30

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Favour

1 Peter 1:24

A woman

She

Bible References

Favour

Do not desire her beauty in your heart,

Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout
So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Now in all Israel was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful.

“But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be willing.

For the sun rises with

a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

For,
“All flesh is like grass,
And all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
And the flower falls off,

A woman

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;

Pride and arrogance and the evil way

And the perverted mouth, I hate.

But the midwives

feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live.

The Lord

favors those who fear Him,

Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.

She

It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them.

The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.

But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God.

Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.

so that the

proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.