Proverbs 31:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.”

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BSBPD

“She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“She considereth a field, and buyeth it; With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 31:16 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 15:18One day Acsah came to Othniel and urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What do you desire?”
  2. Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
  3. Song of Solomon 8:12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
  4. Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

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