Proverbs 31:13
Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
In Context
12For she employs all her living for her husband's good.
14She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.
Cross References
Genesis 24:13Behold! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.
Genesis 29:9While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.
Ruth 2:2And Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whoever I shall find favor: and she said to her, Go, daughter.
Isaiah 3:16Thus says the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:
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 →