Pro 31:10-31 | NASB2020 | STEP | An excellent wife , who can find her? For her worth is far above jewels .

Proverbs 31:10-31

Description of a Worthy Woman

10 An ^aexcellent wife, who can find her?
For her worth is far ^babove jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and linen,
And works with her ^{▼▼Lit palms}hands ^{▼▼Or willingly}in delight.
14 She is like ^emerchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 And she ^frises while it is still night
And ^ggives food to her household,
And ^{▼▼Or prescribed tasks}portions to her attendants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From ^{▼▼Lit the fruit of her palms}her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She ^jsurrounds her waist with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her profit is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the ^{▼▼I.e., the staff that holds the textile fibers for spinning}distaff,
And her ^{▼▼Lit palms}hands grasp the spindle.
20 She ^{▼▼Lit spreads out her palm
,} ⁿextends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are ^oclothed with scarlet.
22 She makes ^pcoverings for herself;
Her clothing is ^qfine linen and ^rpurple.
23 Her husband is known ^sin the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes ^tlinen garments and sells them,
And ^{▼▼Lit gives}supplies belts to the ^{▼▼Lit Canaanite}tradesmen.
25 Strength and ^wdignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the ^{▼▼Lit latter days}future.
26 She ^yopens her mouth in wisdom,
And the ^{▼▼Or law}teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the activities of her household,
And does not eat the ^aabread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who ^{▼▼Or reveres
,} ^acfears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the ^{▼▼Lit fruit}product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.