Proverbs 31

So I guess here we go.
Read it, meditate on it, pray over it. Take a day or two if you need it(I will), then post on what you've just read. We'll throw these verses around one at a time and see what we come up with.

Since weekends are long for me, it may be monday now before I can post, but don't wait, go ahead, someone else can go first.


Here is your first verses ladies.


Pro.31:10-12, I think is a good start, these three seemed to go together and I hated to break them up. You can in discussion if you want.

 

Joy, if you'd like to mmove it so other ladies can who haven't gotten the password yet can participate, thats fine. I would like to keep ot women only though. I'd like women's views on this subject.

 

Ok, I found these and guess I go first since no one else has. Help me out on this.

A sampling of my copy and paste skills at their best(only joking here).

What I've found so far. You all add to this what your thoughts are on this.

Proverbs 31:10
10 Who can find a £virtuous wife?
For her worth is far above rubies.NKJV
10Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is worth more than precious rubies NLT

Strongs
2428 virtuous= probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength:-able, activity, (+) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, (+) valiant (-ly), valour, virtuous (-ly), war, worthy (-ily).
4377 price=merchandise; also valueay, price, ware.

11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her;
So he will have no lack of gain.NKJV
11Her husband can trust her, and she will greatly enrich his life.NLT
Strongs
982 trust=A primitive root; properly to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620); figuratively to trust, be confident or sure:-be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
2637 need= A primitive root; to lack; by implication to fail, want, lessen:-be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.NKJV

NLT version=12She will not hinder him but help him all her life.

Strongs
1580 she will do=A primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill), that is, benefit or requite; by implication (of toil) to ripen, that is, (specifically) to wean:-bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite, reward, ripen, + serve, wean, yield.

7451 evil=adversity, affliction, bad, calamity,displease,distress, harm, mischief, (-vous), misery, naught (-ty), noisome,(I copied those that seemed to apply here)


Mathew Henry
Verses 10-31
This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation. She is very careful to recommend herself to her husband’s esteem and affection, to know his mind, and is willing that he rule over her. (rest of this article later)

So lets put it all together, and find out it says about us as women and wives.

Your turn.

 

Great thanks Joy, I'll read those before my next post, anything you can throw in do it. I need all the help I can get.

 

Joy, I liked your post.
After 21 yrs, amrriage, I still haven't talked to my mom about my husband. But I want to make sure I don't do the rest of it(the in public). See we've learned something already.

 

New verses for the next discussion.
here they are: Pro.31:13,14,15.
Read these and come back with what you've found.

I might now be able to post tomorrow, or want to do the study like the forst verses tomorrw, as we go to court tomorrow with our son, and I may not even be on line at all. Which is first for me, a record maybe, I'm on line everyday.

 

Here you the next three verses. Any and all comments please. I'm going to wait till the end and put together everyone's comments witht the study and see I have.

Part 2

13 She seeks wool and flax,
And willingly works with her hands. NKJV

13She finds wool and flax and busily spins it. NLT

6593 Flax-From the same as H6580 as in the sense of comminuting; linen (that is, the thread, as carded):-flax, linen. (never knew just what flax was).
2656 willingly-From H2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind):-acceptable, delight (-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant (-ure), purpose, willingly.

14 She is like the merchant ships,
She brings her food from afar. NKJV

14She is like a merchant’s ship; she brings her food from afar. NLT

5503 merchant-saw-khar'
A primitive root; to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively to
palpitate:-go about, merchant (-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
4801 afar-From H7368; remoteness, that is, (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar:- (a, dwell in, very) far (country, off). See also H1023.


15 She also rises while it is yet night,
And provides food for her household,
And a portion for her maidservants. NKJV

15She gets up before dawn to prepare breakfast for her household and plan the day’s work for her servant girls. NLT

6965 rises-A primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literally, figuratively, intensively and causatively):-abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure (-ly), (be) up (-hold, -rising).
5414- provides/giveth in KJV-A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.):-add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign,bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute
2964 meat-From H2963; something torn, that is, a fragment, for example a fresh leaf, prey, food:-leaf, meat, prey, spoil.(2963, supply with food).
1004 household-abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):-court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings. home[born], [winter]house (-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within (-out).
2706 portion-an enactment; hence an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):-appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree (-d), due, law, measure, X necessary, ordinance (-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

 

Just wanted to get this moved back to the top so we might get started again. If any of the new ladies are interested that would be great, just thrown in with us.

 

Is anyone interedted?