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Verse Proverbs 31:10. _WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WOMAN?_] This and the
following verses are _acrostic_, each beginning with a consecutive
letter of the _Hebrew alphabet_: Proverbs 31:10, א aleph; Prove...
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See the introduction to Proverbs.
RUBIES - Better, pearls. See the Proverbs 3:15 note....
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VII. THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL TAUGHT HIM BY HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER 31 The Virtuous Woman
“The words of King Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught
him”; this is the superscription of this chapter. W...
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THIRD DIVISION. THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN.
Proverbs 31:10. This, the last division of the appendix, is in form
an acrostic poem, each verse commencing with a letter of the Heb.
alphabet in order. There are...
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WHO CAN FIND... ? This heading is the Figure of speech _Erotesis._
App-6. The twenty-two verses which follow, each begin with the
twenty-two successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The acrostic
can...
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VIII. The Virtuous Woman. Chap. Proverbs 31:10-31
This short Appendix differs from the other Sections of the Book of
Proverbs in having one subject throughout, and in being in form
acrostic or alphab...
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_Who can find_ It is no easy thing to do.
_a virtuous woman_ The R.V. follows the order of the Heb.: _A virtuous
woman who can find?_, giving emphasis by the arrangement of the words
to the subject o...
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DISCOURSE: 826
USEFULNESS OF SCHOOLS OF INDUSTRY
Proverbs 31:10. _Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far
above rubies_.
WHILE we rejoice in the progress of civilization, we cannot but re...
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WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, &C.— The versions in general agree in
reading this, _a strong woman._ The word חיל _chaiil,_ signifies
firmness of body or mind; and is applied to strength of different...
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TEXT Proverbs 31:10-21
10.
A worthy woman who can find?
For her price is far above rubies.
11.
The heart of her husband trusteth in her,
And he shall have no lack of gain.
12.
She doeth him go...
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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
The praises of a virtuous woman; forming a Hebrew acrostic. The 22
years begin with the several 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet
c...
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31:10 (i-0) From ver. 10 to the end, the initial Hebrew letter of each
verse follows the alphabetical order. rubies. (k-14) As ch. 3.15....
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THE MOTHER OF LEMUEL. THE EXCELLENT WOMAN
1-9. An exhortation addressed to king Lemuel by his mother, urging him
to avoid women and wine. The latter leads to slackness and unfairness
in the administr...
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God wants men and women to marry (Genesis 2:18). It is good to marry
(Hebrews 13:4). But God may not want everyone to marry. Paul was not
married (1 Corinthians 7:7-8).
A husband and wife should look...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 31
V1 These are the words of King Lemuel.
This section is a difficult puzzle that his mother taught to him....
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APPENDIX (c). — THE PRAISE OF A GOOD WIFE. (Proverbs 31:10, _sqq._)
This is written in the form of an acrostic, the twenty-two verses
composing it each commencing with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet....
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אֵֽשֶׁת ־חַ֭יִל מִ֣י יִמְצָ֑א וְ
רָחֹ֖ק מִ
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CHAPTER 32
A GOOD WOMAN
"O woman-hearts, that keep the days of old
In living memory, can you stand back
When Christ calls? Shall the heavenly Master lack
The serving love, which is your life's fi...
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“HER WORKS PRAISE HER”
Proverbs 31:10-31
The ideal woman, as portrayed here, is a wife. She is the stay and
confidence of her husband. Not only when she comes as a young bride
into his home, in the g...
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This is the second section of the appendix. There have been many
conjectures as to who King Lemuel was, but nothing certainly can be
said. It is divided into two parts, the first of which consists of...
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_Who. The following verses are in alphabetical order. They contain a
grand eulogy of Bethsabee, who repented, or of a perfect matron.
(Calmet) --- Such are rare, though they may be found. (Worthington...
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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The
heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have
no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the d...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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WHO CAN FIND A VIRTUOUS WOMAN,.... This part of the chapter is
disjoined from the rest in the Septuagint and Arabic versions; and
Huetius t thinks it is a composition of some other person, and not
Lem...
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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies.
Ver. 10. _Who can find a virtuous woman?_] Good wives are rare
commodities, and therefore precious and highly to be prized, even
ab...
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_Who can find a virtuous woman?_ Here he lays down several
qualifications of an excellent wife, which are delivered in
alphabetical order, each verse beginning with a several letter of the
Hebrew alph...
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In THE FINAL CHAPTER of the book has also a peculiar character, King
Lemuel is the writer, but not the author, for he simply quotes the
words of his mother. Actually, no king of Israel or Judah is kno...
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A VIRTUOUS WOMAN, whom he may take to wife. Such a person is hardly to
be found. Compare ECCLESIASTES 7:28. And here he lays down several
characters or qualifications of an excellent wife, which are h...
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Proverbs 31:10 find H4672 (H8799) virtuous H2428 wife H802 worth H4377
far H7350 rubies H6443
can -...
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CONTENTS: Words of King Lemuel on the dangers of intemperance and the
worth of a godly woman.
CHARACTERS: God, Lemuel, his mother.
CONCLUSION: A virtuous woman who has command of her own spirit, who...
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Proverbs 31:1. _The words of king Lemuel._ Ancient kings had many
names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon
was Jedidiah, or Jedid-jah, beloved of God. 2 Samuel 12:25. Lemu...
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_Who can find a virtuous woman?_
for her price is far above rubies.
THE PROPHECY OF LEMUEL’S MOTHER
There was never yet a woman who did not wish to have some part in the
choice of her son’s wife; an...
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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:10 An Alphabet of Womanly Excellence.
As the esv footnote to v. Proverbs 31:10 explains, this w
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 31:10. VIRTUOUS. Literally “_a woman of power_.” RUBIES,
rather “_pearls_.”
PROVERBS 31:11. HE SHALL HAVE NO NEED, etc. Rather, “_He shall not
fail of spoil_.” “Strictly, ‘t...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 31:1
PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the
words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance....
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Now the thirty-first proverb are,
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him
(Proverbs 31:1).
So these are really the words of King Lemuel's mother unto him. The
advice of a go...
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Ecclesiastes 7:28; Ephesians 5:25; Proverbs 12:4; Proverbs 18:22;...
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A virtuous woman — Here he lays down several qualifications of an
excellent wife, which are delivered in alphabetical order, each verse
beginning with a several letter of the Hebrew alphabet....