Proverbs 31:13 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 31:13

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

KJV

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WEB

She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

ASV

She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands.

YLT

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh with her hands.

DBT

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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16 verses on the floor

Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
1 Timothy 5:10
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
2 Thessalonians 3:10–12
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Acts 9:39–40
Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
Genesis 18:6–8
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

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), and with this she does not only set the poor on work, which is a very good office, but does herself work, and work willingly, with her hands; she works with the counsel or delight of her hands (so the word is); she goes about it cheerfully and dexterously, lays not only her hand, but her mind to it, and goes on in it without weariness in well-doing.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In Hebrew the verses begin with the letters of the Hebrew alphabet in order (compare Introduction to Poetical Books). Who . . . woman--The question implies that such are rare, though not entirely wanting (compare Pr 18:22; 19:14). virtuous--literally, "of strength," that is, moral courage (compare Pr 12:4;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Not that it is the duty of kings and queens to use manual operations, but it is the duty of all persons, the greatest not excepted, to improve all their talents, and particularly their time, which is one of the noblest of them, to the service of that God to whom they must give an account, and to the good of that community to which they are related.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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PRO 31:13TIT 2:5 PRO 31:10-31
PRO 31:13TIT 2:5 COL 3:18
PRO 31:13TIT 2:5 1PE 3:1-5
PRO 31:13TIT 2:5 1TI 5:13-14
PRO 31:13TIT 2:5 1TI 5:10
PRO 31:131TI 5:10 1TI 6:18
PRO 31:131TI 5:10 TIT 3:8
PRO 31:131TI 5:10 ACT 9:36

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