Proverbs 31:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Genesis 48:12

Then Joseph removed them from his father’s knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.

1 Kings 2:19

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. The king rose to meet her and bowed down to her; then he sat on his throne and had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.

Proverbs 11:16

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

Proverbs 31:1

The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:

Proverbs 31:27

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

Proverbs 31:29

“Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.”

2 Timothy 1:5

I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, lives in you.