...you surpass them all. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates." The first time I read that chapter, I thought, Good luck in finding...

...you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. (Proverbs 31:10-31 RSV) 5 Gregory of Nyssa, On Virginity, chaps. 3,...

...you surpass them all. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. (Prov. 31:25-31) Proverbs 31 shows us the wife's pursuit of pleasure...

...done virtuously, 29 But thou excellest them all. (&) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain : 30 But a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. (]•/) Give her of the fruit of her hands; 31 And let her own works praise her in the gates. 29 — 31. This concluding paragraph may be regarded...

...danghteis have done virtuously, but' thon excellest them all. Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain ; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her of the frmt of her hands, and) let her own works praise her in the gates. There are, gentlemen of the jury,...

...of wife ; but here follows a universal application : " Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain : but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. Give her the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates." Why should a feminine ever...