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The Perfect Wife

10 [a] How hard it is to find the perfect wife.[b]
    She is worth far more than jewels.
11 Her husband depends on her.
    He will never be poor.
12 She does good for her husband all her life.
    She never causes him trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:10 In Hebrew, each verse of this poem starts with the next letter of the alphabet, so this poem shows all the good qualities of a woman “from A to Z.”
  2. Proverbs 31:10 the perfect wife Or “a noble woman.”

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