Proverbs 31:26

She speaks with wisdom, and faithful, kind instruction is on her tongue.

Cross-references · 26

• Eph 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.
• Prov 16:24Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
• Prov 10:31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
• Prov 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• 1 Pet 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.
• Col 4:5Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
• Prov 31:8–9Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
• Mal 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 Pet 3:8–9Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
• Judg 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 Pet 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
• Prov 25:15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.
• Esth 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.
• Esth 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 the king’s question.”
• Esth 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.
• Luke 1:42–56In a loud voice she exclaimed, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
• 1 Sam 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.
• Song 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
• Acts 18:26And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him in and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
• Acts 6:15All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
• 2 Kgs 22:15–20And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
• Luke 1:38“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.
• 2 Sam 20:16–22a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”
• Song 2:14O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
• Esth 4:4When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
• Gen 24:18–20“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

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