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Proverbs 31:22
But this woman does not just make practical clothes. She loves her work. She is happy when she works. So she makes good clothes. And she makes fine covers for the bed.
But this woman does not just make practical clothes. She loves her work. She is happy when she works. So she makes good clothes. And she makes fine covers for the bed.
Verse Proverbs 31:22. _SHE MAKETH HERSELF COVERINGS OF TAPESTRY_] 13. She is not regardless either of her own person, or of the decent, proper appearance of her presses and wardrobe. She has coverin...
SILK - Better, fine linen, the byssus of Egypt....
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...
_coverings_ i.e. _carpets_or _cushions_, to be spread out on the bed or divan. Comp. Proverbs 7:16. _silk_ Rather, FINE LINEN, as the word is rendered both of Egyptian robes of honour (Genesis 41:42)...
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...
TEXT Proverbs 31:22-31 22. She maketh for herself carpets of tapestry; Her clothing is fine linen and purple. 23. Her husband is known in the gates, When he sitteth among the elders of the land....
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...
31:22 coverlets; (c-4) See ch. 7.16. byssus (d-8) Or 'linen.'...
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...
Read, 'She maketh for herself coverings' (Proverbs 7:16). There is no justification for the addition, 'of tapestry.'...
מַרְבַדִּ֥ים עָֽשְׂתָה ־לָּ֑הּ שֵׁ֖שׁ וְ אַרְגָּמָ֣ן...
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...
_Tapestry, for the beds and floor. --- Linens, or cotton; byssus, Exodus xxv. 4._...
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 MAKETH HERSELF COVERINGS OF TAPESTRY,.... For the furniture and ornament of her house, or for her bed; which may signify the ordinances of the Gospel, and the decent, orderly, and beautiful admini...
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing [is] silk and purple. Ver. 22. _Her clothing is silk and purple._] Suitable to her husband's condition, who is a principal man. Pro 31:23 That i...
_She is not afraid of the snow_ Of any injuries of the weather. _For her household are clothed with scarlet_ She has provided enough, not only for their necessity, and defence against cold and other i...
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, coverlets and hangings to decorate her home; HER CLOTHING IS SILK AND PURPLE, made of fine Egyptian byssus and of cloth dyed with reddish-purple from Phoenici...
THE ABC OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN...
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...
COVERINGS OF TAPESTRY, for the furniture of her house. SILK AND PURPLE, which was very agreeable to her high quality, though it doth not justify that luxury in attire which is now usual among persons...
Proverbs 31:22 makes H6213 (H8804) tapestry H4765 clothing H3830 linen H8336 purple H713 coverings -...
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 Peter 3:3; Esther 5:1; Esther 8:15; Exodus 39:27; Ezekiel 16:10;...
Tapestry — For the furniture of her house. Silk — Which was agreeable to her high quality....