Proverbs 31:14
What meaning of the proverbs 31:14 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 31:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar."
What does Proverbs 31:14 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar."
Verse Proverbs 31:14. _SHE IS LIKE THE MERCHANTS' SHIPS_] 3. She acts like merchants. If she buy any thing for her household, she sells sufficient of her _own manufactures_ to pay for it; if she _imp...
The comparison points to the enlarged commerce of the Israelites consequent on their contact with the Phoenicians under David and Solomon; compare Proverbs 31:24....
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....
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...
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 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 all kinds of wealth. She brings to her husband an ab...
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. V2 Oh, my son! My own son! You a...
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....
הָ֭יְתָה כָּ אֳנִיֹּ֣ות סֹוחֵ֑ר מִ֝ מֶּרְחָ֗ק תָּבִ֥יא לַחְמָֽהּ׃...
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...
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...
_Bread; all that is used for meat and drink. Septuagint, "riches." Grabe, "livelihood:" Greek: Bion. (Haydock)_...
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 follow...
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 with rich goods: so the church of Christ, and her true...
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, though she stir not off her stool, and studies how...
_She seeketh wool and flax_ That she may find employment for her servants, and not suffer them to spend their time unprofitably. _And worketh willingly with her hands_ She encourages them to work by h...
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...
By the sale of her homespun commodities she purchaseth the choicest goods which come from far countries....
Proverbs 31:14 merchant H5503 (H8802) ships H591 brings H935 (H8686) food H3899 afar H4801 Proverbs 31:24; 1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chronicles 9:10; Ezekiel 27:3-36...
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 wisdom poem is an acrostic. Each successive verse begins with the next letter...
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, ‘...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 31:1 PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance. PROVERBS 31:1 _The_ _superscription. _TH...
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 g...
1 Kings 9:26; 2 Chronicles 9:10; Ezekiel 27:3; Proverbs 31:24...
From afar — By the sale of her home — spun commodities she purchases the choicest goods which come from far countries....