She considereth, &c.— With the fruit of her hands, means, With the fruit of her works;—her oeconomy, her gain. She finds means by her industry and labour to make acquisitions of land, and to plant a vineyard. It is not without design, that Solomon says, She considereth a field which she intends to purchase: herein he gives advice to those who apply themselves seriously to oeconomy, not to spare their pains in visiting and considering the land which they wish to purchase. "See it as often as you can," says Cato; "the oftener you go to it the more it will please, if it be good:" Quoties ibis, toties magis placebit, quod bonum erit. See Cato de Re Rustic. cap. II. who observes of the farmer, that he is the first of his family to arise from bed, and the last to go to it.
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Proverbs 31:16
16 She considereth a field, and buyetha it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.