Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
⛓ Read Proverbs 31 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD shall be praised' contrasts outward appearance with godly character exactly as Paul opposes external adornment to 'good works' becoming women professing godliness. The valued woman is praised for fearing God, not for looks, matching verse 10. The wisdom ideal of inner piety over display informs the passage.
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
'Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised' undergirds the contrast in 3:3-4 between outward adornment (braided hair, gold, fine clothing) and the inner adornment of 'a gentle and quiet spirit' fearing God. Strong thematic coherence with the Proverbs ideal of the praiseworthy woman.
Medium confidence