Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 31:18
Perceiveth — She finds great comfort in her labours. Her candle — Which is not to be taken strictly, but only signifies her unwearied care and industry.
Perceiveth — She finds great comfort in her labours. Her candle — Which is not to be taken strictly, but only signifies her unwearied care and industry.
Verse Proverbs 31:18. _SHE PERCEIVETH THAT HER MERCHANDISE_ IS _GOOD_] 8. She takes care to manufacture the _best articles_ of the kind, and to lay on a _reasonable price_ that she may secure a _rea...
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...
CANDLE. lamp....
_perceiveth_ Lit. TASTETH, A.V. margin (ἐγεύσατο, LXX.; gustavit, Vulg.), finds by experience. _good_ i.e. _profitable_, R.V. Comp. "better than the merchandise of silver," Proverbs 3:14. _her candle...
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...
SHE PERCEIVETH THAT HER MERCHANDISE IS GOOD— _She perceiveth that her merchandize is advantageous._ Houbigant. The LXX read, _She finds that it is good to work._ "Finding by sweet experience not only...
TEXT Proverbs 31:10-21 10. A worthy woman who can find? For her price is far above rubies. 11. The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain. 12. She doeth him go...
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...
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 31 V1 These are the words of King Lemuel. This section is a difficult puzzle that his mother taught to him....
This woman starts to work before dawn (verse 15). And she continues to work late at night (verse 18). She buys and sells....
טָ֭עֲמָה כִּי ־טֹ֣וב סַחְרָ֑הּ לֹֽא ־יִכְבֶּ֖ה _בַ_†
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...
_Night, during a great part of which she will work._...
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 PERCEIVETH THAT HER MERCHANDISE [IS] GOOD,.... That it turns to good account; that her trading to heaven is of great advantage; that she grows rich hereby; that her merchandise with Wisdom, or Chr...
She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle goeth not out by night. Ver. 18. _She perceiveth that her merchandise is good._] She feels the sweet of it, and is heartened to redouble her...
_She girdeth her loins with strength_ She uses great diligence and expedition in her employment; for which end, men in those times used to gird up their long and loose garments about their loins. _And...
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good, she is aware that her gain is regular, a fact which spurs her on to renewed effort; HER CANDLE GOETH NOT OUT BY NIGHT, if necessary she will work far into...
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...
SHE PERCEIVETH: _ Heb._ she tasteth...
SHE PERCEIVETH THAT HER MERCHANDISE IS GOOD; she finds great comfort and good success in her labours. HER CANDLE GOETH NOT OUT BY NIGHT; WHICH IS NOT TO BE TAKEN STRICTLY, but only signifies her unwea...
Proverbs 31:18 perceives H2938 (H8804) merchandise H5504 good H2896 lamp H5216 out H3518 (H8799) night...
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
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:18 PROFITABLE indicates that she is able to make money from her labor, which she uses to purchase a field (v. Proverbs 31:16) and provi
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 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:7; Genesis 31:40; Matthew 25:3;...