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Proverbs 31:10-18 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

10. How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels!

11. Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor.

12. As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm.

13. She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth.

14. She brings home food from out-of-the-way places, as merchant ships do.

15. She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and to tell her servant women what to do.

16. She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.

17. She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.

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

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