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ESV — Proverbs 3:15; Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 31:10; Lamentations 4:7

15 She is more precious than xjewels,

and ynothing you desire can compare with her.

11 afor wisdom is better than jewels,

and ball that you may desire cannot compare with her.

15 There is gold and abundance of vcostly stones,

wbut the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

The Woman Who Fears the Lord

10 1 uAn excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than vjewels.

Footnotes

[1] 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet

Her princes were purer than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies were more ruddy than coral,

the beauty of their form1 was like sapphire.2

Footnotes

[1] 4:7 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
[2] 4:7 Hebrew lapis lazuli