27She [is] watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.j
28Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her,k
29'Many [are] the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.'l
Proverbs 31 closes the book with two distinct but connected portraits: the wise instruction of a mother to her royal son, and the famous poem about a capable wife. The chapter moves from the dangers of power (wine, women, injustice) to the beauty of faithful, productive wisdom em
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