Proverbs 31:18
She tasted, and saw, that her merchandise was good; her lantern shall not be quenched in the night.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
In Context
17She girded her loins with strength, and made strong her arm.
19She put her hands to the wharve, and her fingers took the spindle.
Cross References
Genesis 31:40I was anguished in day and night with heat and frost, and sleep fled from mine eyes;
Matthew 25:3But the five fools took their lamps, and took not oil with them;
2 Thessalonians 3:7For ye yourselves know, how it behooveth to (pur)sue us (or how it behooveth to follow us). For we were not unpeaceable [or unquiet] among you,
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 →