Proverbs 11:16 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁶ A woman showing favour obtains esteem, But ruthless men obtain riches.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ A gracious woman retaineth honour: And strong men retain riches.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ A gracious and good woman wins honor [for her husband], and violent men win riches but a woman who hates righteousness is a throne of dishonor for him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ A gracious woman obtaineth honor; And violent men obtain riches.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ A gracious woman gains honor; violent men gain only wealth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ A gracious woman shall discover glory. And the robust will have wealth.

Proverbs 11:16 Cross References

Esther 9:25

But when she came before the sovereign, he commanded by letter that his evil plot which Haman had plotted against the Yehuḏim should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the wooden structure.

Proverbs 31:28

Her children shall rise up and call her blessed; Her husband too, and he praises her:

Amos 3:10

But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”

Amos 3:9

“Cry out at the palaces in Ashdoḏ, and at the palaces in the land of Mitsrayim, and say, ‘Gather on the mountains of Shomeron, and see the many unrests in her midst, and the oppressed ones within her.

Matthew 26:13

Truly, I say to you, wherever this Good News is proclaimed in all the world, what this woman has done shall be spoken of also, to her remembrance.

Luke 10:42

but one only is necessary, and Miryam has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Luke 8:3

and Yoḥanah the wife of Kuza, manager of Herodes, and Shoshannah, and many others who provided for Him from their resources.

Acts 9:39

And having risen up, Kĕpha went with them. And when he arrived, they brought him to the upper room. And all the widows stood beside him weeping, showing the inner garments and outer garments which Dorkas had made while she was with them.

Romans 16:6

Greet Miryam, who worked very hard for us.

2 John 1:1

The elder, to a chosen Kuria and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all those who have known the truth,

1 Samuel 25:40

And when the servants of Dawiḏ had come to Aḇiḡayil at Karmel, they spoke to her saying, “Dawiḏ sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife.”