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Proverbs 31:10

箴言 31:10

The Passage

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

In the other language

才德的妇人谁能得着呢？她的价值远胜过珍珠。

Theme

A worthy woman

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Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Far above rubies is the value this proverb gives a worthy woman. It is not advice about workplace pressure, but its language of worth can interrupt the habit of measuring everything by money, output, or recognition. The woman is praised as precious, not assigned a productivity target. You can let that distinction open a little space around the judgments you carry from work. Being busy is not the same as being worthy, and being overlooked does not settle the question of your value. The passage invites appreciation of human worth that cannot be priced. Where has the pressure to prove yourself crowded out your attention to what is genuinely precious?

Carry thisHuman worth is not captured by a price.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Rubies catch the eye, but this verse points toward a worth you cannot purchase or measure. It does not explain how to love better, but it invites you to notice the person before you with deeper respect. You may have grown accustomed to seeing what needs changing. Let yourself also see the courage, care, and quiet faithfulness you might overlook. Loving well need not mean ignoring hurt or abandoning honest conversation. In God's presence, you can ask for patience to recognize another person's worth without making them earn your tenderness. Far above rubies in worth, could the person you love be received with more patience rather than measured against your expectations?

Carry thisA person's worth is more than their usefulness to you.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

A worthy woman's value is placed far above rubies, beyond the price of a precious possession. This passage does not tell you what to release in the coming weeks, but it offers a way to reconsider what you count as valuable. You may feel pressure to measure yourself or someone else by appearance, usefulness, wealth, or approval. The proverb honors worth that such measures cannot adequately express. You need not turn its praise into another standard you must perfectly satisfy. As you read, you can notice both the woman being honored and your own habits of judgment. Which measure of worth has become too narrow for you to keep using?

Carry thisA person's worth exceeds what status or possessions can measure.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Above rubies: that is how this verse values a worthy woman. It does not directly teach stillness, but it asks you to recognize worth that cannot be measured by a price. Busyness often trains your attention toward what is urgent, useful, or easily counted. This passage offers a different object of attention: the worth of a person whose character deserves recognition. You might let your reading become a pause in which you stop calculating and simply notice. There is no need to make that pause productive or turn it into another task. Whose character would you like to appreciate more carefully today?

Carry thisA person's worth is greater than what can be counted.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 40:31 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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Proverbs 31 — in context

4It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

5lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

6Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul:

7Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

8Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

10Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

11The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

12She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.

13She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands.

14She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar.

15She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls.

16She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.

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