1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chronicles 9:10; Ezekiel 27:3-36; Proverbs 31:24
The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the Israelites consequent on their contact with the Phoenicians under David and Solomon; compare...
Third Division. The Virtuous Woman. Proverbs 31:10-31 . This, the last division of the appendix, is in form an acrostic poem, each verse commenc...
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She is like the merchants' ships - 3. She acts like merchants. If she buy any th...
She is like the merchant ships— The woman of oeconomy is, with regard to her husband, like a ship which comes from foreign countries freighted with...
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 beg...
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 latt...
She bringeth her food from afar. — Looks for opportunities of buying cheaply at a distance from home, instead of paying a larger price on the spot....
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 M...
“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...
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 divi...
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...
She is like the merchant ships ,.... Not like a single one, but like a navy of them, that cross the seas, go to foreign parts, and come back laden w...
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. Ver. 14. She is like the merchants' ships.] That is, She gets wealth apace; yea,...
She seeketh wool and flax That she may find employment for her servants, and not suffer them to spend their time unprofitably. And worketh willing...
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...
The Virtuous Woman. 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price...
By the sale of her homespun commodities she purchaseth the choicest goods which come from far countries.
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 31:10 . Virtuous . Literally “ a woman of power .” Rubies , rather “ pearls .” Proverbs 31:11 . He shall have no ne...
Proverbs 31:1 . The words of king Lemuel. Ancient kings had many names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon was Jedidia...
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...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 31:1-20 Part VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subj...
The ABC of the Virtuous Woman
She is like the merchants' ships, in selling her products and obtaining new ware and gain; she bringeth her food from afar, providing all the neces...
From afar — By the sale of her home — spun commodities she purchases the choicest goods which come from far countries.
14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.