Availability Has No Boundaries
Availability Has No Boundaries Proverbs 31:15 She also rises while it is yet night, And provides food for her household, and a portion for her maidservants. Insight It is only love that can render service like this sweet and delightful. So Paul could write of himself and his fellow-laborers as …
A Wise Wife Knows Where to Shop
A Wise Wife Knows Where to Shop Proverbs 31:14 She is like the merchant ships, she brings her food from afar. Insight The noble wife also does shopping. She is like … merchant ships that brought unusual and fascinating merchandise from other places. She too brought interesting and unusual items …
She Is A Willing Worker
She Is A Willing Worker Proverbs 31:13 She seeks wool and flax, and willingly works with her hands. Insight Finding her deepest joy in loving service, the virtuous wife takes delight in weaving with her own hands the wool and the flax which are to be the clothing for her …
She Loves Her Husband
She Loves Her Husband Proverbs 31:12 She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. Insight The husband feels his wife’s comfort as his burdens are relieved and his mind is spared many annoying problems. A faithful wife and a confiding husband thus mutually bless each …
The Trusting Husband
The Trusting Husband Proverbs 31:11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain. Insight ‘The heart of her husband trusts in her.’ You can trust her faithfulness to your marriage vows. She is not flirtatious or immodest. When you go out of …
The Virtuous Woman
The Virtuous Woman Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. Insight The virtuous woman is a dependable woman; one who can be counted on in every emergency. Capable and energetic, with a high sense of the dignity and importance of administering the …
A Treasure Worth Finding
A Treasure Worth Finding Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. Insight We now come to the principal part of the chapter. The wise mother of Lemuel had warned her royal son against the seduction of evil women and accompanying temptations and …
For Such a Time as This
For Such a Time as This Proverbs 31:8–9 Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy. Insight A king who defended those who could not defend themselves and …
Home Schooling
Home Schooling Proverbs 31:6–7 Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those who are bitter of heart. Let him drink and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more. Insight The king’s mother is teaching her son to obey the Word of God. The most …
Blessed Sobriety
Blessed Sobriety Proverbs 31:4–5 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes intoxicating drink; Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the justice of all the afflicted. Insight The anxious mother of Lemuel next warns against another sin—intemperance. …