A gracious woman retains honor: and strong men retain riches.
All Commentaries on Proverbs 11:16 Go To Proverbs 11
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Gracious. Virtuous and beautiful, as God hath granted beauty also for good purposes. This and virtue tend to the advancement of women, while men can use their strength to acquire riches. (Calmet)
Glory. Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic add, "of her husband. But she that hateth righteousness is a throne of disgrace. The slothful, though rich, shall come to poverty; but the laborious shall retain their riches. "Two hemistics seem to be lost in Hebrew. (Kennicott)
Most of the additions in the Septuagint are only glosses, or useless repetitions, (Calmet) though they seem not to be so in this place. (Haydock)
