Proverbs 31:3-30

³Give not your wealth to women, nor your mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.

⁴Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:

⁵lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.

⁶Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:

⁷that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more.

⁸Open your mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly.

⁹Open your mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.

¹⁰Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones.

¹¹The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.

¹²For she employs all her living for her husband's good.

¹³Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.

¹⁴She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.

¹⁵And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and appointed tasks to her maidens.

¹⁶She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession.

¹⁷She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.

¹⁸And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.

¹⁹She reaches forth her arms to needful works, and applies her hands to the spindle.

²⁰And she opens her hands to the needy, and reaches out fruit to the poor.

²¹Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all her household are clothed.

²²She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet.

²³And her husband becomes a distinguished person in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.

²⁴She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.

²⁵She puts on strength and honour; and rejoices in the last days.

²⁶But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law.

²⁷The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.

²⁸And her kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.

²⁹Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but you have exceeded, you have surpassed all.

³⁰Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear the Lord.