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Verse Proverbs 31:19. _SHE LAYETH HER HANDS TO THE SPINDLE_]
10. She gives an example of _skill_ and _industry_ to her household.
She takes the _distaff_, that on which the _wool_ or _flax_ was
_rol...
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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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_spindle … distaff_ Rather, DISTAFF … SPINDLE, with R.V. Of the
two Heb. words here used the first occurs nowhere else, but it is
derived from a root which means _to be straight_, and therefore may
pr...
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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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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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31:19 hands (a-4) Not the same word as that marked b in vers. 19 and
20. hands (b-10) Lit. 'palms.' see Note l, v. 13....
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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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At this time, there were no machines to make cloth. So women would
make cloth by hand. And clothes were precious.
This woman’s work was very valuable....
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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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יָ֭דֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָ֣ה בַ † כִּישֹׁ֑ור
וְ֝ כַפֶּ֗יהָ...
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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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_Strong things, "becoming" (Septuagint) her station. (Calmet) ---
Spindle. She purposes and begins well, trusting in God for perfection
and a reward. (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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SHE LAYETH HER HANDS TO THE SPINDLE,.... As Penelope and her maidens
did t. Or spinning wheel, more properly, the wheel itself, which is
laid hold on by the right hand, and turned round;
AND HER HAND...
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She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Ver. 19. _She layeth her hands to the spindle._] _a_ Notwithstanding
her late purchase, and planting a vineyard Pro 31:16 and othe...
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_She layeth her hands to the spindle_ By her own example she provokes
her servants to labour. And although in these latter and more delicate
times such mean employments are grown out of fashion among...
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She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff,
she uses the spinning-wheel in the proper and effective manner, she
lacks neither the skill nor the willingness to work with her ow...
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THE ABC OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN...
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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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By her own example she provoketh her servants to labour. And although
in these later and more delicate and luxurious times, such mean
employments are grown out of fashion among great persons, yet they...
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Proverbs 31:19 out H7971 (H8765) hands H3027 distaff H3601 hand H3709
holds H8551 (H8804) spindle...
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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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Exodus 35:25; Exodus 35:26...