Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. New Living Translation When she speaks, her words are wise, and she gives instructions with kindness. English Standard Version She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. Berean Standard Bible She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. King James Bible She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. New King James Version She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness. New American Standard Bible She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. NASB 1995 She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. NASB 1977 She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. Legacy Standard Bible She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the instruction of lovingkindness is on her tongue. Amplified Bible She opens her mouth in [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue [giving counsel and instruction]. Christian Standard Bible Her mouth speaks wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue. Holman Christian Standard Bible She opens her mouth with wisdom and loving instruction is on her tongue. American Standard Version She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue. Aramaic Bible in Plain English She has opened her mouth in wisdom and the law of compassion is upon her tongue. Brenton Septuagint Translation But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law. Contemporary English Version Her words are sensible, and her advice is thoughtful. Douay-Rheims Bible She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. English Revised Version She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and the law of kindness is on her tongue. GOD'S WORD® Translation "She speaks with wisdom, and on her tongue there is tender instruction. Good News Translation She speaks with a gentle wisdom. International Standard Version She speaks wisely, teaching with gracious love. JPS Tanakh 1917 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; And the law of kindness is on her tongue. Literal Standard Version She has opened her mouth in wisdom, | And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue. Majority Standard Bible She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. New American Bible She opens her mouth in wisdom; kindly instruction is on her tongue. NET Bible She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue. New Revised Standard Version She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. New Heart English Bible She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue. Webster's Bible Translation She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue is the law of kindness. World English Bible She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue. Young's Literal Translation Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness is on her tongue. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Virtues of a Noble Woman…25Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come. 26She opens her mouth with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. 27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.… Cross References Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out. Proverbs 31:27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Treasury of Scripture She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. openeth Proverbs 31:8,9 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction… Judges 13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. 1 Samuel 25:24-31 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid… in her Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Jump to Previous Faithful Instruction Kindness Law Mercy Mouth Open Opened Openeth Opens Speaks Teaching Tongue WisdomJump to Next Faithful Instruction Kindness Law Mercy Mouth Open Opened Openeth Opens Speaks Teaching Tongue WisdomProverbs 31 1. Lemuel's lesson of chastity and temperance6. The afflicted are to be comforted and defended 10. The praise and properties of a good wife (26) She openeth her mouth with wisdom.--She is not a mere household drudge, with no thought beyond providing food and clothing for her family. She cares for their higher interests, and knows how to guide them with her wisdom. In her tongue is the law of kindness.--Kindness is the law by which she regulates all her words. Verse 26. - PE. She openeth her mouth with wisdom. She is not merely a good housewife, attending diligently to material interests; she guides her family with words of wisdom. When she speaks, it is not gossip, or slander, or idle talk, that she utters, but sentences of prudence and sound sense, such as may minister grace to the hearers. The Septuagint has this verse before ver. 25, and the first hemistich Again. after ver. 27. So in Lamentations 2, 3, 4, the pe and ayin vetoes change places. This is also the case in Psalm 37. In the former passage the LXX: renders, "She openeth her mouth heedfully and lawfully (προεχόντως καὶ ἐννόμως);" and in the other, "wisely and in accordance with law (σοφῶς καὶ νομοθέσμως)." In her tongue is the law of kindness (thorath chesed); i.e. her language to those around her is animated and regulated by love. As mistress of a family, she has to teach and direct her dependents, and she performs this duty with gracious kindness and ready sympathy. Septuagint, "She places order on her tongue."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew She opensפָּתְחָ֣ה (pā·ṯə·ḥāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve her mouth פִּ֭יהָ (pî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to with wisdom, בְחָכְמָ֑ה (ḇə·ḥā·ḵə·māh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom and faithful חֶ֝֗סֶד (ḥe·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty instruction וְתֽוֹרַת־ (wə·ṯō·w·raṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law is on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against her tongue. לְשׁוֹנָֽהּ׃ (lə·šō·w·nāh) Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3956: The tongue Links Proverbs 31:26 NIVProverbs 31:26 NLT Proverbs 31:26 ESV Proverbs 31:26 NASB Proverbs 31:26 KJV Proverbs 31:26 BibleApps.com Proverbs 31:26 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 31:26 Chinese Bible Proverbs 31:26 French Bible Proverbs 31:26 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom (Prov. 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