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Definitions
- This teaching is talking
directly to woman,
The you means the
woman in this teaching.
Did you know that maybe 1 out of
1000 Christian Women are
actually Virtuous according to
the scriptures and dictionaries?
And those figures are being more
generous than they should be.
First Off my friend we need to
know what the word "Virtuous"
and "Virtue" actually means so
that we can have a complete
understanding of what the
scriptures are talking about.
Let us look at some meanings on
the subject. When you see
the initials (JFB) that means
that my additional study
resource came from Jamieson,
Faucet and Brown commentary.
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Nelsons
Bible Dictionary;
Virtue;
A) Moral
excellence or goodness (Philippians
4:8).
B) Virtue is
considered a necessary
ingredient in the exercise
of faith (2
Peter 1:3,5).
C) Sometimes
the Greek word for virtue is
used to express the idea of
power or strength (Luke
6:19).
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Microsoft Works 9 Dictionary;
Virtuous;vir·tu·ous
[vúrchoo əss] adj
A)
with moral integrity:
having or showing moral
goodness or righteousness
B)
chaste:
not having
sexual intercourse with
anyone except a partner in
marriage, especially a
husband
Some
resources that I have used in
this study/teaching is
the New American Standard
Bible-Updated, Matthew Henry
Commentary, Barnes Notes, Geneva
Notes 2 and Jamieson, Faucet and
Brown Commentary.
1) Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a
virtuous wife?
For her worth is far above
rubies.
A) For a man to find such a
woman is like a pirate who finds
buried treasures that fulfills
his wildest dreams.
B) The "Virtuous
Wife" is highly Valuable,
She is Priceless, And very rare
find just as finding the perfect
diamond that was created just
right.
2) Proverbs 31:11 The heart of
her husband safely trusts her; So he
will have no lack of gain.
A) She has a husband that can
trust her to take care of the
children & the management of the
household.
B) Her husband can trust her
with the money,
C) Her husband can trust her
with her time that it is wisely
spent, where she does not slack
on any needs of her husband, her
children and her
household.
D) Her husband can trust her
with her entire household when
he is away at work or on a trip.
3) Proverbs 31:12
She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
A) She will not use sex as a
tool to get revenge against him,
nor to get her own way.
Her body does not belong to
herself, nor does his body
belong to himself. Their bodies
belong to each other (1Co
7:4-6).
B) She will not throw fits, do
false crying, nor anything else
in order to get her own way like
a spoiled child. He will not
have to buy her anything
to make her happy, to please her so he
can have peace in his own home.
C) She will not dishonor, nor
disgrace her husband in public.
D) Nor will she bash her husband
to others, she will not put her
friends/parents or relatives
above her husband, she will not
be a disgrace to him
and she will not show him disrespect
(Eph
5:33).
E) She will be a glory to him (1
Co 11:7) when
communicating with others rather
than a disgrace and do him an
injustice.
4) Proverbs 31:13
She seeks wool and flax, And
willingly works
with her hands.
A) She is a hard worker and
constant at it.
B) She does not sit and play
video games all day, nor watches
soap operas, nor partake in
social networks constantly when
she should
be working.
C) She is not a sluggard, (not
lazy).
D) She does not sit all of the
time and gain weight for her
lack of work, her lack of
activity.
5) Proverbs 31:14
She is like the merchant ships,
She brings her food from afar.
A) She makes sure that her
household has plenty of food,
that they are healthy meals
(balanced Meals).
B) She makes sure that her
families personal cares and
needs are met to the best of her
abilities and financial
resources.
C) She tends the medical needs
of her family that she is able
to do, and what she is not able
to do, then she takes her family
to the people who
do have medical training that has more
medical knowledge and abilities
than she has.
6) Proverbs 31:15
She also rises while it is yet
night,
And provides food for her
household, And a portion for her
maidservants.
A)
She awakes before dawn (day
light) and awakes those who
needs to get up to start their
daily school, jobs and such.
B)
She then prepares breakfast for
her household & even her
servants if she has any (JFB
Commentary )
C)
She assigns everyone their daily
task, by making sure her
children does their chores,
brush their teeth, gets dressed
and such. She makes sure
her servants daily task are assigned to them,
to help her to run her household
smoothly.
7) Proverbs 31:16
She considers a field and buys
it;
From her profits she plants a
vineyard.
A) She is a wife who carefully &
wisely considers if she can
afford things for her self, her
husband and her children before
making a purchase. (JFB)
B) She keeps a budget to
determine their finances, so
that she may know what they can
and can not afford.
C) She wisely keeps track of
their finances, so that their
current and future finances keep
in check each and every day.
8) Proverbs 31:17
She girds herself with strength,
And strengthens her
arms.
A) She is teachable, she learns
what she needs to know in order
to keep her household running
smoothly.
B) She increases with knowledge,
with resources, with new learned
abilities as her family and her
household grows.
C) She puts all of her best
effort in what projects that she
starts up and continues in doing
so.
9) Proverbs 31:18
She perceives that her
merchandise is good, And her
lamp does not go out by night.
A) She sees that all of her hard
work has not be wasted, that it
pays off.
B) She works into the evening.
She works long hours.
10) Proverbs
31:19 She stretches out her
hands to the distaff, And her
hand holds the spindle. (We
MUST look at the dictionary on
this verse)
A) Dictionary Meaning of
distaff; 1) women's
concerns, work or other matters
regarded as the concern of
women. 2) a rod for
unspun thread; a
rod on which wool or flax is wound for
somebody to use when spinning by
hand, or the corresponding rod
on a spinning wheel
B)
Dictionary meaning of spindle;
specially shaped rod for
spinning thread:
a handheld rod
with a notched end through which
strands of natural
fibers are drawn, then twisted
into thread and wound around the
rod
C) With the meanings of the
dictionary this means that she
also takes good care of her
self, the concerns for a woman.
But not in lavish or fancy
apparel or extra additives and such of her
outward appearance in order to
draw attention to her self.
See instruction for women >
(1Timothy
2:9-15) She must be
adorned with modest clothing and
not be made up with special and
expensive styling of the hair.
D) If the woman claims to be a
Godly woman, she will be adorned
with the means of Good works (1
Timothy 2:11) rather than
the adorning of
clothing.
E) She will let the light of
Jesus Christ shine before
mankind so that God may be
glorified by her good works, (MT
5:16) by her behavior,
her
appearance.
11) Proverbs
31:20 She extends her hand to
the poor,
Yes, she reaches out her hands
to the needy.
A) She does not ignore nor
reject helping the needy. (MT
25:35-40)
B) She gives to them rather than
her household being of self
indulgence. (Having things they
don't need).
12) Proverbs
31:21 She is not afraid of snow
for her household, For
all her household is clothed
with scarlet.
A) She makes sure that her
family i.e., Husband/Children
has sufficient clothing for the
winter.
13) Proverbs
31:22 She makes tapestry for
herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and
purple.
A) She makes sure that he needs
are also meet as far as clothing
with good quality, with modesty,
and yet dressed according to the
occasion.
(1Tim
2:9-15)
14) Proverbs
31:23 Her husband is known in
the gates,
When he sits among the elders of
the land.
A) His wife's duties at home
enables him to focus more on his
duties and positions out side of
the home, if he be working for a
company, self
employed for the government, or any other
duties that he has out side of
the home, including duties at
his local church as well.
15) Proverbs
31:24 She makes linen garments
and sells them, And
supplies sashes for the
merchants.
A) The items that she makes from
her hard work, such as sewing
clothes. These are items that
she makes at home.
B) She sells them to others at a
profit.
16) Proverbs
31:25 Strength and honor are her
clothing;
She shall rejoice in time to
come.
A) With her being teachable,
willing to learn what she needs
to learn to run her household
smoothly.
B) She gains wisdom and
knowledge
C) With that she is not over
emotionally, she uses self
control and takes her household
by the hand and takes good care
of it.
D) And that is her strength and
she shall gain honor from others
because of it.
17) Proverbs
31:26 She opens her mouth with
wisdom,
And on her tongue is the law of
kindness.
A) It is her fear of the Lord
that is the beginning of wisdom
& knowledge, and understanding
towards others is from the Lord.
(Proverbs
9:10)
B)
As
written; the woman who fears the
Lord shall be praised (Proverbs
31:30)
18) Proverbs
31:27 She watches over the ways
of her household, And
does not eat the bread of
idleness.
A) She minds the business of her
own household rather than paying
attention to the affairs of
others
B) She is not lazy,
C) She works constantly at
managing her household, seeing
to the needs of everyone of her
household.
19) Proverbs 31:28
Her children rise up and call
her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises
her:
A) In public her children in
their mature ages they will be a
blessing to her, they shall
honor her because of her
teaching and training them in
the
ways of the Lord, in their youth, and in
private.
B) Her husband also, because of
her being a good and "Virtuous
Wife" shall her husband be
honored, admired and respected
in the public places.
C) She has given him honor and
she has been his glory. (1
Co 11:7)
D) And with her being her
husbands glory will enable her
husband to even be more the
Glory of God (1
Co 11:7).
20) Proverbs
31:29 "Many daughters have done
well,
But you excel them all."
A) She does better than all of
the women.
B) She leads the pack, not only
in giving her husband honor and
glory, but also God gets the
glory and honor through her as
well.
C) Because of her, letting her
light shine through Jesus
Christ, Gods name also receives
the Glory of Honor so that they
may no that God is GOD!
21) Proverbs
31:30 Charm is deceitful and
beauty is passing, But a
woman who fears the Lord, she
shall be praised.
A) Looks and Appearance is Vain
and deceitful. It is the love
and fear of the Lord makes her
more beautiful than anyone on
this earth.
B) But because of her fear of
the Lord she is praised.
22) Proverbs
31:31 Give her of the fruit of
her hands,
And let her own works praise her
in the gates.
A) Because of her constant hard
work, her fear of the Lord, her
good management of her
household, she will be honored
among mankind.
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Introduction - Many of
Christians likes to refer to Proverbs
31:10-31
as "Virtuous Woman" rather than
"Virtuous Wife", the correct
term. They are
misunderstanding the scriptures and
their meaning my friend. The
scripture is actually speaking
about a "Godly
Wife-Pr
31:10"
who "Has
a Husband-Pr
31:11"
and "Has
Children-Pr
31:28".
And she takes good "care
of her household, she is not
idle-Pr
31:27".
This is not to say that single
women do not do well, but the "Virtuous
Wife" Excels them all-Pr
31:29.
