Proverbs 11:16 · KJV
“A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong {men} retain riches.”
— Proverbs 11:16
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart {for it}: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. {smart: Heb. be sore broken} {suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands}
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but {he that is} cruel troubleth his own flesh.
Proverbs 11 — Context
Where no counsel {is}, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors {there is} safety.
15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart {for it}: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. {smart: Heb. be sore broken} {suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands}
16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong {men} retain riches.
17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but {he that is} cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness {shall be} a sure reward.
Cross References
Proverbs 31:30-31
Favour {is} deceitful, and beauty {is} vain: {but} a woman {that} feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Luke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Acts 16:14-15
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard {us}: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
1 Samuel 25:32-33
And David said to Abigail, Blessed {be} the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
Acts 9:39
Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Matthew 26:13
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, {there} shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
2 John 1:1
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
Esther 9:25
But when {Esther} came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. {when...: Heb. when she came}