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Verse Proverbs 31:27. _SHE LOOKETH WELL TO THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD_]
18. She is a _moral_ manager: she takes care that all shall behave
themselves well; that none of them shall keep bad company or...
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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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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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_looketh well to_ a happy rendering. Lit. KEEPETH WATCH UPON, as in
Proverbs 15:3. As Almighty God, from His lofty watch-tower in heaven,
observes all the minutest details of the manifold work that is...
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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....
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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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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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צֹ֭ופִיָּה הֲלִיכֹ֣ות בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְ
לֶ֥חֶם עַ֝צְל֗וּת...
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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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_Idle, out of a sense of duty, and not though avarice._...
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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 LOOKETH WELL TO THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD,.... The business of her
house, her domestic affairs; that her children and servants have
convenient food, and in due season; that they have proper clothi...
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She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the
bread of idleness.
Ver. 27. _She looketh well to the ways of her household._] She hath an
oar in every boat, an eye in every business...
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_She looketh well to her household_ She diligently observes the
management of her domestic business, and the whole carriage of her
children and servants. Whereby he also intimates, that she spends not...
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THE ABC OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN...
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She looketh well to the ways of her household, wisely arranging and
superintending the work of all the servants, AND EATETH NOT THE BREAD
OF IDLENESS, being busy both in superintending and in joining...
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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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SHE LOOKETH WELL TO THE WAYS OF HER HOUSEHOLD; she diligently
observeth the management and progress of her domestic business, and
the whole carriage and conversation of her children and servants;
wher...
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Proverbs 31:27 watches H6822 (H8802) ways H1979 (H8675) H1979
household H1004 eat H398 (H8799) bread...
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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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1 Thessalonians 4:11; 1 Timothy 5:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Proverbs
14:1;...
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Looketh well — She diligently observes the management of her
domestick business, and the whole carriage of her children and
servants....