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25 She is clothed with strength and dignity,
    and laughs at the days to come.[a]
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom;
    kindly instruction is on her tongue.
27 She watches over[b] the affairs of her household,
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.

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Footnotes

  1. 31:25 Laughs at the days to come: anticipates the future with joy, free of anxiety.
  2. 31:27 Watches over: Hebrew ṣopiyyâ, perhaps a pun on the Greek sophia (= wisdom). Bread of idleness: she does not eat from the table of others but from her own labors.