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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.

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity;
    she can laugh at the days to come.
26 She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue.(A)
27 She watches over the affairs of her household
    and does not eat the bread of idleness.

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