Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
In Context
22She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
24She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers girdles to the merchant.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:19then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
Ruth 4:11And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. LORD make the woman that has come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel, and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, an
Proverbs 12:4A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:11-31
The Virtuous Woman. 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field,… Read the whole commentary →