Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceitful and beauty fleeting, but the woman who fears Yahweh is the one truly worthy of praise. Reverence for God, not appearance, is the foundation of her excellence.

Cross-references · 19

• Prov 1:7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
• 1 Pet 3:4–5but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God very precious.
• Prov 11:22Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
• Prov 8:13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
• 1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;
• Esth 1:11–12to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.
• Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
• 1 Cor 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
• 1 Pet 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
• Luke 1:6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
• Prov 6:25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
• 2 Sam 14:25Now in all Israel there was no one 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 defect in him.
• Luke 1:46–50Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
• Jas 1:11For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• Eccl 12:13This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.
• Exod 1:17–21But the midwives feared God, and didn’t do what the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the baby boys alive.
• Rom 2:29but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
• Ezek 16:15“‘“But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by. It was his.
• Eccl 7:18It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also from that don’t withdraw your hand; for he who fears God will come out of them all.

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