“ Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. ”
Shall rejoice in time to come - Better, rejoiceth over the time to come; i. e., looks forward to the future, not with anxious care, but with confident gladness.
(m) Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. (m) After he had spoken of the apparel of the body, he now declares the apparel of the spirit.
Third Division. The Virtuous Woman. Proverbs 31:10-31 . 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. T...
she shall rejoice, &c. . she laugheth at the future.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
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 alpha...
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 admini...
Strength and honour are her clothing. — She never parts with them; they serve her, like clothing, for protection and ornament. (Comp. Psalms 104:1 .) And she shall rejoice in time to come. — Ra...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
Strength and honour [are] her clothing ,.... Strength, not of body, but of mind. The church is clothed with strength, as her Lord, head, and husband, is said to be, Psalms 93:1 ; and which she has...
Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. Ver. 25. Strength and honour are her clothing. ] See Proverbs 31:22 . She is not of those, quae fulgent monilibus,...
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...
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 kn...
The Virtuous Woman. 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husban...
Strength; not strength of body, which is no ornament of that sex, save only as she preserves her health and strength by sobriety and exercise, which other men waste by intemperance and idleness; bu...
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 .”...
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 ....
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...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 31:1-20 Part VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance. Proverbs 31:...
The ABC of the Virtuous Woman
1 Peter 5:5 ; 1 Peter 5:6 ; 1 Timothy 2:10 ; Ephesians 4:24 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Isaiah 65:13 ; Isaiah 65:14 ; Job 29:14 ; Job 40:10 ; Matthew 25:20 ; Matthew 25:21 ; Psalms 132:16 ; Psalms...
Strength — Strength of mind, magnanimity, courage, activity. Her clothing — Her ornament and glory. Rejoice — She lives in constant tranquillity of mind, from a just confidence in God's gracious pr...