...life. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her handti. She is like the merehants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth, also, while it is yet night, and gireth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She eonsidereth a field and buyeth it,...

...return she would call for her children, to take them in her arms and talk to them. " She riseth while ii is yet night and giveth meat to her household and a portion to her maidens, she stretcheth out her hands to the poor, yea, she reacheth out her hands to the needy ; she is not afraid...

...earn enough to keep him, so that he will have no need either to go to war, or take to the highway. " She will do him good and not evil all the days of...her household, and a portion to her maidens." She works night and day. " Sne considereth a field, and buyeth it ; with the fruit of her hands she planteth...

...the distaff: she eateth not the bread of idleness." Her watchfulness does not pass unnoticed, for " she riseth, also, while it is yet night, and giveth...to her household and a portion to her maidens : she looketh well to the ways of her household." As the consequence of all this, " she is not afraid of...

...woman," whose "price is far above rubies," — amongst her other good properties, early rising is one. " She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth...to her household, and a portion to her maidens."* While, in the picture of the sluggard, his late rising figures very prominently ; — " How long wilt...

...woman," whose "price is far above rubies," — amongst her other good properties, early rising is one. " She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth...to her household, and a portion to her maidens."* While, in the picture of the sluggard, his late rising figures very prominently ; — " How long wilt...

...diligently with her hands. She is like the merchant's ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she stretcheth out her hands to the needy. She looketh well...

...ways the wise man's description, whether of the queenly housewife or queenly nation : ' She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple. Strength and honor are in her...

...diligently with her hands. She is like the merchant's ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. — She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she stretcheth out her hands to the needy. She looketh well...

...willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 8 And he shall pass through Judah ; he shall overflow and go houshold, and a portion to her maidens, 16 She considered! a field, and "buyeth it : with the fruit...