Proverbs 31:26

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

Proverbs 16:24

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 12:18

Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Colossians 4:5

Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time.

Proverbs 25:15

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break bones.

1 Peter 3:1

Wives, in the same way, be subject to your husbands, so that, even if some of them do not obey the word, they may be won over without a word by their wives’ conduct,

Malachi 2:6

True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in integrity and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.

Judges 13:23

But his wife said to him, “If the Lord had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands or shown us all these things or announced to us such things as these.”

Esther 5:8

If I have won the king’s favor, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and then I will do as the king has said.”

Acts 18:26

He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him they took him aside and explained the Way of God to him more accurately.

Acts 6:15

And all who sat in the council looked intently at him, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Luke 1:38

Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

Song of Solomon 4:11

Your lips distill nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see your face; let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Esther 4:4

When Esther’s maids and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed; she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

Proverbs 31:27

She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 19:14

House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.