“Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.” Proverbs 31:25 Matthew Poole’s Commentary is the only one I am using in this post since he spelled it out so clearly. All of the quotes are from him. “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 strength of mind,…
“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.” Proverbs 31:23 “Instead of being a hindrance to her husband’s advancement, she furthers it. Her influence for good extends to him also. Having no domestic anxieties, he is set free to do his part in public life.” (Ellicot’s Commentary) Recently, the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance’s wife, told the press that her husband helps fifty-fifty with household chores and the children….
“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.” Proverbs 31:20 “To relieve their necessities. Her designs are generous and noble; for she labours not only to supply her own and her household’s necessities, or to support her own state, much less to feed her pride and luxury; but that she may have wherewith to supply the wants of others, who crave or need her assistance. Which also procures God’s blessing upon…