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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....
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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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SHE SHALL REJOICE, &C.. she laugheth at the future....
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_she shall rejoice in_ Rather: SHE LAUGHETH AT, i.e. so far from
regarding it with apprehension, she can look forward to it with joyful
confidence. Comp. "He laugheth at the rushing of the javelin," i...
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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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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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'She laugheth at the time to come' (RV), because she is prepared for
anything....
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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....
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Now the writer describes the woman’s character. This woman does not
worry about the future. She prepares carefully. Perhaps she saves her
money. And she teaches her children to be wise (verses 26-27)....
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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. — Rather, _...
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עֹז ־וְ הָדָ֥ר לְבוּשָׁ֑הּ וַ֝
תִּשְׂחַ֗ק לְ
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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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(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....
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_Clothing: it is very beautiful, or wisdom and virtue surround her.
--- Day. She fears not death, (Calmet) or future distress of hunger,
&c. (Jansenius)_...
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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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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 from...
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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, sord...
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_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
i...
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Strength and honor are her clothing, making her independent of all
petty annoyances and worries and permitting her to look into the
future with simple confidence; AND SHE SHALL REJOICE IN TIME TO COME...
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THE ABC OF THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN...
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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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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; but
s...
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Proverbs 31:25 Strength H5797 honor H1926 clothing H3830 rejoice H7832
(H8799) time H3117 come H314
Strength -...
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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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PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:25 STRENGTH AND DIGNITY are so much a
part of her character and conduct that they seem to be almost like HER
CLOTHING. SHE LAUGHS at the future, in contras
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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 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Timothy 2:10; Ephesians 4:24; Isaiah 61:10
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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
provi...