Proverbs 11:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

A gracious woman gets honor, but she who hates virtue is covered with shame. The timid become destitute, but the aggressive gain riches.

Cross References

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that the wicked plot that he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hung on the pole.

Proverbs 31:28

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

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.

Amos 3:9

Proclaim to the strongholds in Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on Mount Samaria, and see what great tumults are within it and what oppressions are in its midst.”

Matthew 26:13

Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.”

Luke 10:42

but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 8:3

and Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them out of their own resources.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Romans 16:6

Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

2 John 1:1

The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth, and not only I but also all who know the truth,

1 Samuel 25:40

When David’s servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”