April 22, 2015

Proverbs 31

July 12, 2011

The Good Wife.

She is:
  • Trustworthy
  • Loyal
  • Industrious
  • Responsible
  • Hard-working
  • Strong
  • Independent
  • Confident
  • Creative
  • Giver
  • Supportive
  • Conscientious
  • Steward
  • Generous
  • Entrepreneur
  • Respected
  • Happy
  • Optimistic
  • Wise
  • Teacher
  • Frugal
  • Loving
  • Kind
  • Organized
She is all those things because she respected the LORD. Compare this list from Chapter 31 to the other verses listed throughout Proverbs that describes the exact opposite kind of woman.

Here are few:

Proverbs 7:5-27 - The unfaithful wife, loud and stubborn, unfaithful, demanding, smooth talking
Proverbs 9:13-18 - Loud, without wisdom or knowledge, liar
Proverbs 11:22 - A beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout.
Proverbs 12:4 - A good wife is like a crown for her husband but a disgraceful wife is like a disease in his bones.
Proverbs 14:1 - A wise woman strengthens her family, but a foolish woman destroys hers by what she does.
Proverbs 19:13 - ....a quarreling wife is like dripping water.
Proverbs 21:19 - It is better to live alone in the desert than with a quarreling and complaining wife.
Proverbs 22:14 - The words of an unfaithful wife are like a deep trap.
Proverbs 25:24 - It is better to live in a corner on the roof than inside the house with a quarreling wife.
Proverbs 27:15-16 - A quarreling wife is as bothersome as a continual dripping on a rainy day. Stopping her is like stopping the wind or trying to grab oil in your hand.

Wow! What two drastically different lists. I know which list I want to be remembered by. Proverbs 31:28 - "Her children speak well of her. Her husband also praises her.


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