Proverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
KJV
Fallax gratia, et vana est pulchritudo : mulier timens Dominum, ipsa laudabitur.
Vulgate
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
ASV
שֶׁ֣קֶר הַ֭/חֵן וְ/הֶ֣בֶל הַ/יֹּ֑פִי אִשָּׁ֥ה יִרְאַת יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תִתְהַלָּֽל
Hebrew
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
ו
v
verb · 53×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חֵ֖ן
chn
noun · 69×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךְ
k
noun · 19×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man ha
- 1Pet 1:7 — That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
- 1Pet 1:24 — For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
- 1Pet 3:4 — But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
- 1Pet 3:5 — For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
- 1Sam 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,
- 1Sam 25:3 — Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he
- 2Sam 11:2 — And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautif
- 2Sam 13:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
- 2Sam 14:25 — But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- 2Sam 14:25 — But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- Acts 9:39 — Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she
- Eccl 7:18 — It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
- Eccl 12:13 — Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
- Esth 1:11 — To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
- Esth 1:11 — To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
- Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- Ezek 16:15 — But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was.
- Gen 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
- Jas 1:11 — For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in hi
- Luke 1:6 — And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Luke 1:46 — And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
- Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Prov 6:25 — Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
- Prov 11:16 — A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
- Prov 11:22 — As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- Prov 11:22 — As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- Ps 147:11 — The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Ps 147:11 — The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
- Rom 2:29 — But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.