Proverbs 31:26
Good News Translation
She speaks with a gentle wisdom.

New Revised Standard Version
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Contemporary English Version
Her words are sensible, and her advice is thoughtful.

New American Bible
She opens her mouth in wisdom; kindly instruction is on her tongue.

Douay-Rheims Bible
She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.

openeth

Proverbs 31:8,9 Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. . . .

Judges 13:23 And his wife answered him: If the Lord had a mind to kill us, he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands; neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor have told us the things that are to come.

1 Samuel 25:24-31 And she fell at his feet, and said: Upon me let this iniquity be, my lord: let thy handmaid speak, I beseech thee, in thy ears, and hear the words of thy servant. . . .

2 Samuel 20:16-22 And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee. . . .

2 Kings 22:15-20 And she said to them: Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to me: . . .

Esther 4:4 Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs went in, and told her. And when she heard it she was in a consternation and she sent a garment, to clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth: but he would not receive it.

Esther 5:8 If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king and Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I will open my mind to the king.

Esther 7:3-6 Then she answered: If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request. . . .

Esther 8:3-6 And not content with these things, she fell down at the king's feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect. . . .

Luke 1:38,42-56 And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. . . .

Acts 18:26 This man therefore began to speak boldly in the synagogue. Whom when Priscilla and Aquila had heard, they took him to them and expounded to him the way of the Lord more diligently.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers.

Colossians 4:5 Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.

in her

Proverbs 12:18 There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Proverbs 16:24 Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 25:15 By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

Genesis 24:18-20 And she answered: Drink, my lord. And quickly she let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him drink. . . .

Songs 2:14 My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow places of the wall, shew me thy face, let thy voice sound in my ears: for thy voice is sweet, and thy face comely.

Songs 4:11 Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense.

Malachi 2:6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace, and in equity, and turned many away from iniquity.

Acts 6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking on him, saw his face as if it had been the face of an angel.

1 Peter 3:1,4,5,8,9 In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives, . . .

Context
The Virtues of a Noble Woman
25Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day. 26She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.27She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.…
Cross References
Proverbs 10:31
The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.

Proverbs 31:27
She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Proverbs 31:25
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