Devine Scripture

Proverbs 31:26

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue.

Context

v.25Strength and dignity are her clothing; And she laugheth at the time to come.

v.26This passage

v.27She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Esther 8:3

    And Esther spake 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.

  • Acts 18:26

    and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.

  • Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

  • Proverbs 16:24

    Pleasant words areas a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

  • Esther 4:4

    And 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.

  • 1 Peter 3:4

    but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.