Proverbs 31:17

She girded her loins with strength, and made strong her arm.

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In The King James Version

She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

In Context

16She beheld a field, and bought it; of the fruit of her hands she planted a vinery. (She saw a field, and bought it; and from the fruit of her hands, or out of her earnings, she planted a vineyard.)

18She tasted, and saw, that her merchandise was good; her lantern shall not be quenched in the night.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:24His bow sat in the strong (One), the Lord, and the bonds of his arms and his hands were unbound by the hand of the mighty (God) of Jacob; of him a shepherd went out, the stone of Israel. (But his bow stood strong, and the bonds on his arms, and on his hands, were unbound by the power of the mighty God of Jacob; yea, by his Shepherd, by the Rock of Israel.)

2 Kings 4:29And he said to Gehazi, Gird thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go; and if a man meet thee, greet thou not him; and if any man greeteth thee, answer thou not him; and put thou my staff upon the face of the child. (And he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go; and if thou meet any man, greet thou him not; and if any man greeteth thee, answer thou him not; and put thou my staff on the child’s face.)

Isaiah 44:12A smith wrought with a file; he formed it in coals, and in hammers (or and with hammers), and he wrought with the arm of his strength. He shall be hungry, and he shall fail; he shall not drink water, and he shall be faint.

Luke 12:35Be your loins girded above, and lanterns burning in your hands;

Ephesians 6:14Therefore stand ye, and be girded about your loins in soothfastness, and clothed with the habergeon of rightwiseness, (And so stand, with your loins girded in truthfulness, or with truth, and clothed with the breastplate of righteousness,)

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 →

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