Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
Updated King James 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 coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
24She makes fine linen, and sells it; and delivers girdles unto the merchant.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 21:19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Ruth 4:11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that has come into yours house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
Proverbs 12:4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that 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 →