Proverbs 31:30 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

BSB

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ASV

Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; But a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

KJV

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain, etc. - III. Here is the summing up of the character. 1. Favour, חן chen, grace of manner may be deceitful, many a fair appearance of this kind is put on, assumed for certain secular or more unworthy purposes; it is learned by painful drilling in polished seminaries, and, being the effect of mere physical discipline, it continues while the restraint lasts; but it is שקר sheker, a lie, a mere semblance, an outward varnish.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

With all those good qualities she lacks not that one thing needful; she is truly pious, and, in all she does, is guided and governed by principles of conscience and a regard to God; this is that which is here preferred far before beauty; that is vain and deceitful; all that are wise and good account it so, and value neither themselves nor others on it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Favour--or, "Grace" of personal manner. beauty--of face, or form (compare Pr 11:22). True piety alone commands permanent respect and affection (1Pe 3:3).

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שֶׁ֣קֶר	She.ker	[is] deception	H8267 →
הַ֭חֵן	Ha.chen	<the> grace	H2580 →
וְהֶ֣בֶל	ve.He.vel	and [is] vanity	H1892 →
הַיֹּ֑פִי	hai.Yo.fi	<the> beauty	H3308 →
אִשָּׁ֥ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
יִרְאַת־	yir.'at-	fearing	H3373 →
יְ֝הוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	<of> Yahweh	H3068 →
הִ֣יא	hi'	she	H1931 →
תִתְהַלָּֽל׃	tit.ha.Lal	she will be praised	H1984 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
leads to
- Job 28:28
  And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”
- Psalms 111:10
  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Proverbs 9:10
  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13
  When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
- Proverbs 15:33
  The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
Through
1 Peter 1:24
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
leads to
- Isaiah 40:6–8
  A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Psalms 103:15
  As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- James 4:14
  You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Proverbs