Proverbs 31:10-12
An excellent wife who can find?
She is far more precious than jewels.
The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
She does him good, and not harm,
all the days of her life.
Proverbs, which presents lesson after lesson about the way of wisdom and
righteousness, closes by presenting the example of a wife living such a
way. She embodies the attributes of wisdom, also depicted as a woman in
chapters 3, 8, and 9. As wisdom is declared to be more precious than
jewels in 3:15, so is an excellent wife. As a man may trust in wisdom
and profit from her, knowing that good comes from her, so a husband may
trust the wise and righteous wife.
Many women are praised for their appearance, and, indeed, many men
choose wives for that reason alone. But it is the inner spirit that she
possesses which is of true worth, as this chapter will show. And the
excellent wife serves as a model for us all - male or female, married or
single. For it is God's purpose that we all be "excellent." We all
should be such persons who can be trusted, who do good all our days.
May there be those who know us who can say, "An excellent
wife/husband/parent/ friend/boss/teacher/coach - whatever our status.
May we be praised because we have taken the proverbs we have read and
applied them to our lives.
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