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Proverbs 31:18-29 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

18. She knows the value of everything she makes, and works late into the night.

19. She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.

20. She is generous to the poor and needy.

21. She doesn't worry when it snows, because her family has warm clothing.

22. She makes bedspreads and wears clothes of fine purple linen.

23. Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.

24. She makes clothes and belts, and sells them to merchants.

25. She is strong and respected and not afraid of the future.

26. She speaks with a gentle wisdom.

27. She is always busy and looks after her family's needs.

28. Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.

29. He says, “Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all.”

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