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Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, showing vigor in every undertaking, and strengtheneth her arms, both her diligence and the energy displayed by her increasing continually.
She girdeth her loins with strength, showing vigor in every undertaking, and strengtheneth her arms, both her diligence and the energy displayed by her increasing continually.
Verse Proverbs 31:17. _SHE GIRDETH HER LOINS WITH STRENGTH_] 7. She takes care of her own health and strength, not only by means of useful labour, but by healthy exercise. She avoids what might enerv...
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...
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...
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...
SHE GIRDETH HER LOINS WITH STRENGTH— It is not sufficient for the mother of a family to command, to exhort, to pray: if she would be well obeyed, and have her work well done, she must put her hand to...
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...
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...
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...
She herself works with her hands. She has servants (verse 15), but she is not lazy. She works with them. So she becomes strong and healthy....
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....
חָֽגְרָ֣ה בְ עֹ֣וז מָתְנֶ֑יהָ וַ֝ תְּאַמֵּ֗ץ...
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...
“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...
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...
_Arm; working, and making others obey._...
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...
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...
SHE GIRDETH HER LOINS WITH STRENGTH,.... Showing her readiness to every good work; and with what cheerfulness, spirit, and resolution, she set about it, and with what dispatch and expedition she perfo...
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. Ver. 17. _She girdeth her loins with strength._] She flies about her work, and sets on it with a courage. We have read of women in who...
_She girdeth her loins with strength_ She uses great diligence and expedition in her employment; for which end, men in those times used to gird up their long and loose garments about their loins. _And...
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...
SHE GIRDETH HER LOINS WITH STRENGTH; she useth great diligence and expedition in her employment; for which end men in those times used to gird up their long and loose garments about their loins. STREN...
Proverbs 31:17 girds H2296 (H8804) herself H4975 strength H5797 strengthens H553 (H8762) arms H2220 girdeth -...
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...
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...
_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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:10 An Alphabet of Womanly Excellence. As the esv footnote to v. Proverbs 31:10 explains, this w
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...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 31:1 PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance....
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...
1 Kings 18:46; 1 Peter 1:13; 2 Kings 4:29; Ephesians 6:10; Ephesi
Girdeth — She uses great diligence and expedition in her employment; for which end, men in those times used to gird up their long and loose garments about their loins. Strengtheneth — Puts forth her u...