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href="/niv/proverbs/31.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />She finds wool and flax and busily spins it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />She seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />She looks for wool and linen, And works with her hands in delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />She looks for wool and flax, And works with her hands in delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />She searches for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />She looks for wool and flax And works with willing hands in delight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She selects wool and flax and works with willing hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />She selects wool and flax and works with willing hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and with her own hands she gladly makes clothes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"She seeks out wool and linen [with care] and works with willing hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />She seeks out wool and flax, working with eager hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />She has sought wool and flax, "" And with delight she works [with] her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />She has sought wool and flax, and she has worked these by the counsel of her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />She seeks out wool and flax and weaves with skillful hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />She seeks wool and linen, and works willingly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />She has sought wool and fine linen and her hands have worked according to his pleasure.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/31-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=6495" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/31.htm">The Virtues of a Noble Woman</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1875.htm" title="1875: dā·rə·šāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow; by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.">She selects</a> <a href="/hebrew/6785.htm" title="6785: ṣe·mer (N-ms) -- Wool. From an unused root probably meaning to be shaggy; wool.">wool</a> <a href="/hebrew/6593.htm" title="6593: ū·p̄iš·tîm (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Flax, linen. From the same as pash as in the sense of comminuting; linen.">and flax</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wat·ta·‘aś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">and works</a> <a href="/hebrew/2656.htm" title="2656: bə·ḥê·p̄eṣ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Delight, pleasure. From chaphets; pleasure; hence desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence a matter.">with eager</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pe·hā (N-fdc:: 3fs) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">hands.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/35-25.htm">Exodus 35:25-26</a></span><br />Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun: blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen. / And all the skilled women whose hearts were stirred spun the goat hair.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-19.htm">Proverbs 31:19</a></span><br />She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-24.htm">Proverbs 31:24</a></span><br />She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm">Isaiah 19:9</a></span><br />The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-39.htm">Acts 9:39</a></span><br />So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-9.htm">1 Timothy 2:9-10</a></span><br />Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, / but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess to worship God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-3.htm">1 Peter 3:3-4</a></span><br />Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, / but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-6.htm">Genesis 18:6</a></span><br />So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-7.htm">2 Kings 23:7</a></span><br />He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm">Ezekiel 27:16</a></span><br />Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/8-3.htm">Luke 8:3</a></span><br />Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-14.htm">Acts 16:14</a></span><br />Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:11-12</a></span><br />and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. / Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-12.htm">1 Corinthians 4:12</a></span><br />We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/titus/2-3.htm">Titus 2:3-5</a></span><br />Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. / In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children, / to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands.</p><p class="hdg">worketh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/18-6.htm">Genesis 18:6-8</a></b></br> And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead <i>it</i>, and make cakes upon the hearth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/24-13.htm">Genesis 24:13,14,18-20</a></b></br> Behold, I stand <i>here</i> by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/29-9.htm">Genesis 29:9,10</a></b></br> And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/26-17.htm">Business</a> <a href="/proverbs/29-17.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-22.htm">Eager</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-15.htm">Eagerly</a> <a href="/judges/15-14.htm">Flax</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-23.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-28.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-18.htm">Looks</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-15.htm">Seeketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-15.htm">Seeks</a> <a href="/joshua/7-14.htm">Selects</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-12.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-18.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/psalms/110-3.htm">Willingly</a> <a href="/psalms/147-16.htm">Wool</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-28.htm">Worketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-24.htm">Working</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-19.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-13.htm">Business</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-8.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-25.htm">Eager</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-17.htm">Eagerly</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm">Flax</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-15.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-16.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-27.htm">Looks</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-15.htm">Seeketh</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-15.htm">Seeks</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Selects</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-3.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/songs/6-12.htm">Willing</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-33.htm">Willingly</a> <a href="/songs/4-2.htm">Wool</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm">Worketh</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-27.htm">Working</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-31.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/31-1.htm">Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">The afflicted are to be comforted and defended</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/31-10.htm">The praise and properties of a good wife</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/proverbs/31.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>She selects wool and flax</b><br />The phrase "She selects wool and flax" highlights the industrious and discerning nature of the virtuous woman. In the Hebrew text, the word for "selects" is "דָּרְשָׁה" (darshah), which implies a careful and diligent seeking or choosing. This suggests that the woman is not haphazard in her choices but exercises wisdom and discernment. Wool and flax were essential materials in ancient times, used for making clothing and textiles. Wool, derived from sheep, was a staple for warmth and durability, while flax, from which linen is made, was valued for its coolness and comfort. The virtuous woman’s ability to select these materials indicates her knowledge of quality and her commitment to providing for her household.<p><b>and works with eager hands</b><br />The phrase "and works with eager hands" emphasizes the diligence and enthusiasm with which the virtuous woman approaches her tasks. The Hebrew word for "works" is "וַתַּעֲשֶׂה" (vata'aseh), which conveys action and productivity. Her hands are described as "eager," translated from the Hebrew "בְּחֵפֶץ" (bechephetz), meaning with delight or pleasure. This suggests that her work is not burdensome but is performed with joy and willingness. The imagery of "eager hands" reflects a heart that is committed to her responsibilities and finds fulfillment in her labor. This attitude is a model of the Christian work ethic, where work is seen as a form of worship and service to God and others.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">And worketh willingly with her hands.--</span>Literally, <span class= "ital">with the pleasure or willingness of her hands; </span>they, as it were, catch her willing spirit.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - DALETH. <span class="cmt_word">She seeketh wool, and flax.</span> She pays attention to these things, as materials for clothing and domestic uses. Wool has been used for clothing from the earliest times (see <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Leviticus 13:47</a>; <a href="/job/31-20.htm">Job 31:20</a>, etc.), and flax was largely cultivated for the manufacture of linen, the processes of drying, peeling, hackling, and spinning being well understood (see <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Joshua 2:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm">Isaiah 19:9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Jeremiah 13:1</a>, etc.). The prohibition about mixing wool and flax in a garment (<a href="/deuteronomy/22-11.htm">Deuteronomy 22:11</a>) was probably based on the idea that all mixtures made by the art of man are polluted, and that what is pure and simple, such as it is in its natural state, is alone proper for the use of the people of God. <span class="cmt_word">And worketh willingly with her hands;</span> or, <span class="accented">she worketh with her hands' pleasure</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> with willing hands. The rendering of the Revised Version margin, after Hitzig, "She worketh at the business of her hands," is feeble, and does not say much. What is meant is that she not only labours diligently herself, but finds pleasure in doing so, and this, not because she has none to help her, and is forced to do her own work (on the contrary, she is represented as rich, and at the head of a large household), but because she considers that labour is a duty for all, and that idleness is a transgression of a universal law. Septuagint, "Weaving (<span class="greek">μηρυομένη</span>) wool and flax; she makes it useful with her hands." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/31-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">She selects</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּ֭רְשָׁה</span> <span class="translit">(dā·rə·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1875.htm">Strong's 1875: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wool</span><br /><span class="heb">צֶ֣מֶר</span> <span class="translit">(ṣe·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6785.htm">Strong's 6785: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wool</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and flax</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפִשְׁתִּ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄iš·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6593.htm">Strong's 6593: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flax, linen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and works</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֝תַּ֗עַשׂ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘aś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with eager</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחֵ֣פֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥê·p̄eṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2656.htm">Strong's 2656: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasure, desire, a valuable thing, a matter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hands.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּפֶּֽיהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(kap·pe·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/31-13.htm">Proverbs 31:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/31-13.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 31:13 She seeks wool and flax and works (Prov. 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