Proverbs 11:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches.
אֵֽשֶׁת־חֵ֭ן תִּתְמֹ֣ךְ כָּב֑וֹד וְ֝עָרִיצִ֗ים יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 31:30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
- Prov 31:31Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.
- Luke 10:42But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one that worshipped God, did hear: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to those things which were said by Paul.
- Acts 16:15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying: If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and abide there. And she constrained us.
- 1 Sam 25:32And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy speech:
- 1 Sam 25:33And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.
- Acts 9:39And Peter rising up went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood about him, weeping and shewing him the coats and garments which Dorcas made them.