Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
She seeks wool and flax, And works eagerly with her hands.
Verse Takeaways
1
Work with Willing Hands
All the commentators highlight that she “worketh willingly.” Her work is not drudgery but is done with pleasure and delight. One scholar notes poetically that her hands seem to “catch her willing spirit.” This presents a model for Christians to approach their own work, not merely as an obligation, but with a joyful and positive attitude.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Proverbs
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
Worketh willingly with her hands - Or, works with willing hands. The stress laid upon the industrious habits of Israelite matrons may perh…
19th Century
Anglican
And works willingly with her hands.—Literally, with the pleasure or willingness of her hands; they, as it were, catch her willing…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
She seeks wool and flax To get them, in order to spin them, and work them up into garments; she stays not till they …
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
This is the description of a virtuous woman of those times, but the general outlines equally apply to every age and nation. She is very careful to …