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31:4 It is not <0408> for kings <04428>, O Lemuel <03927>, it is not <0408> for kings <04428> to drink <08354> wine <03196>, or <0176> for rulers <07336> to crave strong drink <07941>, 31:5 lest <06435> they drink <08354> and forget <07911> what is decreed <02710>, and remove <08138> from all <03605> the poor <06040> <01121> their legal rights <01779>. 31:6 Give <05414> strong drink <07941> to the one who is perishing <06>, and wine <03196> to those who <05315> are bitterly distressed <04751>; 31:7 let them drink <08354> and forget <07911> their poverty <07389>, and remember <02142> their misery <05999> no <03808> more <05750>. 31:8 Open <06605> your mouth <06310> on <0413> behalf of those unable to speak <0483>, for the legal rights <01779> of all <03605> the dying <02475>. 31:9 Open <06605> your mouth <06310>, judge <08199> in righteousness <06664>, and plead <01777> the cause of the poor <06041> and needy <034>. 31:10 Who <04310> can find <04672> a wife <0802> of noble character <02428>? For her value <04377> is far more <07350> than rubies <06443>. 31:11 The heart <03820> of her husband <01167> has confidence <0982> in her, and he has no <03808> lack <02637> of gain <07998>. 31:12 She brings <01580> him good <02896> and not <03808> evil <07451> all <03605> the days <03117> of her life <02416>. 31:13 She obtains <01875> wool <06785> and flax <06593>, and she is pleased <02656> to work <06213> with her hands <03709>. 31:14 She is like <01961> the merchant <05503> ships <0591>; she brings <0935> her food <03899> from afar <04801>. 31:15 She also gets up <06965> while it is still <05750> night <03915>, and provides <05414> food <02964> for her household <01004> and a portion <02706> to her female servants <05291>. 31:16 She considers <02161> a field <07704> and buys <03947> it; from her own income <03709> <06529> she plants <05193> a vineyard <03754>. 31:17 She begins <02296> her work <04975> vigorously <05797>, and she strengthens <0553> her arms <02220>. 31:18 She knows <02938> that <03588> her merchandise <05504> is good <02896>, and her lamp <05216> does not <03808> go out <03518> in the night <03915>. 31:19 Her hands <03027> take hold <07971> of the distaff <03601>, and her hands <03709> grasp <08551> the spindle <06418>. 31:20 She extends <06566> her hand <03709> to the poor <06041>, and reaches <07971> out her hand <03027> to the needy <034>. 31:21 She is not <03808> afraid <03372> of the snow <07950> for her household <01004>, for <03588> all <03605> of her household <01004> are clothed <03847> with scarlet <08144>. 31:22 She makes for herself coverlets <04765>; her clothing <03830> is fine linen <08336> and purple <0713>. 31:23 Her husband <01167> is well-known <03045> in the city gate <08179> when he sits <03427> with <05973> the elders <02205> of the land <0776>. 31:24 She makes <06213> linen garments <05466> and sells <04376> them, and supplies <05414> the merchants <03669> with sashes <02289>. 31:25 She is clothed <03830> with strength <05797> and honor <01926>, and she can laugh <07832> at the time <03117> to come <0314>. 31:26 She opens <06605> her mouth <06310> with wisdom <02451>, and loving <02617> instruction <08451> is on <05921> her tongue <03956>. 31:27 She watches <06822> over the ways <01979> of her household <01004>, and does not <03808> eat <0398> the bread <03899> of idleness <06104>. 31:28 Her children <01121> rise up <06965> and call her blessed <0833>, her husband <01167> also praises <01984> her: 31:29 “Many <07227> daughters <01323> have done <06213> valiantly <02428>, but you <0859> surpass <05927> them all <03605>!” 31:30 Charm <02580> is deceitful <08267> and beauty <03308> is fleeting <01892>, but a woman <0802> who fears <03373> the Lord <03069> will be praised <01984>. 31:31 Give <05414> her credit for what she has accomplished <03027> <06529>, and let her works <04639> praise <01984> her in the city gates <08179>.

• Pro 31:10-31 -- The Wife of Noble Character

• Wife

  [ebd] The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish ...
  [nave] WIFE Called Desire of the Eyes, Ezek. 24:16. Help, Gen. 2:18, 20. Fruitful Vine, Psa. 128:3. The judgment denounced against Eve, Gen. 3:16. Relation of, to husband, Gen. 2:18, 23, 24; 1 Cor. 11:3-12. Domestic duties of,...
  

• MARRIAGE

  [isbe] MARRIAGE - mar'-ij: Introduction Scope and Viewpoint of the Present Article 1. Marriage among the Hebrews 2. Betrothal the First Formal Part 3. Wedding Ceremonies 4. Jesus' Sanction of the Institution 5. His Teaching concern...
  [smith] Its origin and history . --The institution of marriage dates from the time of man?s original creation. (Genesis 2:18-25) From (Genesis 2:24) we may evolve the following principles: (1) The unity of man and wife, as implied i...
  

• WOMAN

  [ebd] was "taken out of man" (Gen. 2:23), and therefore the man has the preeminence. "The head of the woman is the man;" but yet honour is to be shown to the wife, "as unto the weaker vessel" (1 Cor. 11:3, 8, 9; 1 Pet. 3:7). Sever...
  [isbe] WOMAN - woom'-an ('ishshah, "a woman" (feminine of 'ish, "a man"]; gune, "a woman" "wife"): I. IN THE CREATIVE PLAN II. IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES 1. Prominence of Women 2. Social Equality 3. Marriage Laws 4. Inheritance 5. Dome...
  

• MASSA

  [isbe] MASSA - mas'-a (massa', "burden"): Descendant of Abraham through Ishmael (Gen 25:14; 1 Ch 1:30). His people may be the Masani of Ptolemy, having Eastern Arabia near Babylon as their habitat. The marginal reading of the headi...
  

• BATH-SHEBA

  [isbe] BATH-SHEBA - bath-she'-ba, bath'-she-ba (bath-shebha`, "the seventh daughter," or "the daughter of an oath," also called Bathshua bath-shua`, "the daughter of opulence" (1 Ch 3:5); the Septuagint however reads Bersabee every...
  

• Women

  [smith] The position of women in the Hebrew commonwealth contrasts favorably with that which in the present day is assigned to them generally in eastern countries. The most salient point of contrast in the usages of ancient as compar...
  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• ACROSTIC

  [isbe] ACROSTIC - a-kros'-tik: The acrostic, understood as a short poem in which the first letters of the lines form a word, or name, or sentence, has not yet been proved to occur in ancient Hebrew literature. The supposed examples...
  

• Pods

  [nave] PODS See: Husk. Acrostic Psa. 25; 34; 37; 111; 112; 119; 145; Prov. 31:10-31;
  

• WRITING

  [smith] There is no account in the Bible of the origin of writing. That the Egyptians in the time of Joseph were acquainted with writing of a certain kind there is evidence to prove, but there is nothing to show that up to this perio...
  

• Economics

  [nave] ECONOMICS. Political, Gen. 41:33-57. Household, Prov. 24:27; 31:10-31; Eccl. 11:4-6; John 6:12, 13. See: Family; Frugality; Industry.
  

• ALPHABET

  [isbe] ALPHABET - al'-fa-bet. 1. Definition: An alphabet is a list of the elementary sounds used in any language. More strictly speaking it is that particular series, commonly known as the Phoenician or Canaanite alphabet, which wa...
  

• Poetry

  [ebd] has been well defined as "the measured language of emotion." Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man's relation to God. "Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon, redemption, repentance are the a...
  

• Lemuel

  [ebd] dedicated to God, a king whom his mother instructed (Prov. 31:1-9). Nothing is certainly known concerning him. The rabbis identified him with Solomon.
  [isbe] LEMUEL - lem'-u-el (lemu'el, or lemo'-el): A king whose words, an "oracle (taught him by his mother)," are given in Prov 31:1-9; and possibly the succeeding acrostic poem (31:10-31) is from the same source. Instead of transl...
  [smith] (dedicated to God), the name of an unknown king to whom his mother addressed the prudential maxims contained in (Proverbs 31:1-9) The rabbinical commentators identified Lemuel with Solomon. Others regard him as king or chief ...
  [nave] LEMUEL A king. Probably refers to Solomon, Prov. 31:1, 4.
  

• TRADE

  [isbe] TRADE - trad: I. GENERAL 1. Terms 2. Position of Palestine 3. Trade Products of Palestine 4. Palestinian Traders II. HISTORY 1. To David 2. Solomon 3. Maritime Trade 4. To the Exile 5. The Exile and After LITERATURE I. Gener...
  

• Industry

  [nave] INDUSTRY. Gen. 2:15; Ex. 23:12 Deut. 5:13. Ex. 35:2; Prov. 10:4, 5; Prov. 12:11, 24, 27; Prov. 13:4, 11, 23; Prov. 14:4, 23; Prov. 16:26; Prov. 20:13; Prov. 21:5; Prov. 22:29; Prov. 27:23 vs. 23-27.; Prov. 28:19; Prov. 30:2...
  

• Wine

  [ebd] The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment." Others derive it from a root meaning "to tread out," and hence the juice of the grape trodden out. The Greek word for wine is ...
  [smith] The manufacture of wine is carried back in the Bible to the age of Noah, (Genesis 9:20,21) to whom the discovery of the process is apparently, though not explicitly, attributed. The natural history and culture of the vine are...
  [nave] WINE Made from grapes, Gen. 40:11; 49:11; Isa. 25:6; Jer. 40:10, 12; from pomegranates, Song 8:2. Kept in jars, Jer. 13:12; 48:12; in skins, Josh. 9:4, 13; Job 32:19; Matt. 9:17; Luke 5:37, 38; in bottles, Josh. 9:4, 13; Jo...
  

• LINEN

  [ebd] (1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), and also in Palestine (Jo...
  [isbe] LINEN - lin'-en (badh, "white linen," used chiefly for priestly robes, buts, "byssus," a fine white Egyptian linen, called in the earlier writings shesh; pesheth, "flax," cadhin; bussos, othonion, linon, sindon): Thread or c...
  

• DRESS

  [ebd] (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah's dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted ...
  [isbe] DRESS - In the Hebrew and Greek there is a wonderful wealth of terminology having to do with the general subject of dress among the ancient Orientals. This is reflected in the numerous synonyms for "dress" to be found in Eng...
  [smith] This subject includes the following particulars: Materials; Color and decoration; Name, form, and mode of wearing the various articles; Special usages relating thereto. Materials .--After the first "apron" of fig leaves, (Ge...
  

• DRINK, STRONG

  [isbe] DRINK, STRONG - (shekhar; sikera; from shakhar, "to be or become drunk"; probably from the same root as sugar, saccharine): With the exception of Nu 28:7, "strong drink" is always coupled with "wine." The two terms are commo...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• The Good Wife

  

• The Words of King Lemuel

  

• [Pro 31:28] Remember Your Mother’s Prayer

  This life is beset with temptation, Surrounding us everywhere, But Jesus is able to keep you— Remember your mother’s prayer. Refrain “Remember, my child, Oh, remember, The years of maternal care; The days that I prayed for you, dear one— Remember your mother’s prayer.” “My life and its labors are over, I’m going to rest over there; Abide in the love of your Savior”— Remember your mother’s prayer. Refrain “Though gone, I shall never forget you, But wait in my mansion fair, That sometime I’ll meet you up yonder”— Remember your mother’s prayer. Refrain

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• [Pro 31:30] The Praises Of That Saint We Sing

  The praises of that saint we sing, To whom all lands their tribute bring, Who with indomitable heart, Bore throughout life true woman’s heart. Restraining every froward sense By gentle bonds of abstinence, With prayer her hungry souls she fed, And thus to heavenly joys hath sped. King Christ, from Whom all virtue springs, Who only doest wondrous things, As now to Thee she kneels in prayer, In mercy our petitions hear. All praise to God the Father be, All praise, eternal Son, to Thee; Whom with the Spirit we adore Forever and forevermore.

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• What does the Bible say about wives working?
  If I were looking for the primary biblical texts, I think I would be looking at Proverbs 31, Titus 2:5, and Ephesians 5:22-33. Let's start with the toughest one - Titus 2:5. NIV Titus 2:5 to be self-controlled and pure, to...
• Could you show me scripture verses to demonstrate why drugs are wrong, bad, and sinful?
  As you know, the Greek word pharmakeia is found only a few places (Galatians 5:20; Revelation 9:21; 18:23) in the New Testament. Nevertheless, it refers to the use of drugs in the context of witchcraft, which is clearly conde...
• Can you clear up the alleged contradiction between the passages in which Jesus said He would not drink the fruit of the vine until the kingdom and the tasting of sour wine on the cross?
  Briefly, when Jesus speaks in Matthew 26:26; Mark 14:25; and Luke 22:18 He is, in each case, observing Passover with His disciples. Here, He is not just drinking a cup of wine, He is participating in the fellowship of God's t...

The Importance of Marriage; Proverbs 31:30

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