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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.

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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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