Proverbs 31:26

In 11 translations

BSB

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

KJV

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

WEB

She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue.

ASV

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

LSV

She has opened her mouth in wisdom, || And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.

YLT

Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and the lawe of grace is in her tongue.

JPS

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

LXXE31:27

But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

פִּ֭יהָ פָּתְחָ֣ה בְחָכְמָ֑ה וְתֽוֹרַת־חֶ֝֗סֶד עַל־לְשׁוֹנָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br31:27

Τὸ στόμα δὲ ἀνοίγει σοφῶς καὶ νομοθέσμως. Ἡ δὲ ἐλεημοσύνη αὐτῆς

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ephesians 4:29Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
• Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
• Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Colossians 4:5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
• 1 Peter 3:4–5but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in…
• Proverbs 31:8–9Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
• Malachi 2:6True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
• 1 Peter 3:8–9Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may…
• Judges 13:23But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”
• 1 Peter 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
• Proverbs 25:15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
• Esther 7:3–6Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request. For my people and I have been sold out to…
• Esther 8:3–6And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews. The king extended the gold scepter toward…
• 1 Samuel 25:24–31She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant. My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up…
• Esther 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer…

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