Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is well-respected in the council at the town gates, where he sits with the town elders.
Free Bible 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 herself bedspreads; she dresses in fine linen and purple clothes.
24She makes linen clothes for sale, and supplies merchants with belts.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:19his parents must take him to the town elders, to the court in his hometown,
Ruth 4:11The elders and all the people present at the town gate said, “Yes, we are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming to your house like Rachel and Leah who between them gave birth to the people of Israel. May you become prosperous in Ephrathah, and famous in Bethlehem.
Proverbs 12:4A good wife is a crown for her husband, but one who brings shame is like rot 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 →