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She is worth far more than rubies. When Christian women read the Bible verses about the Proverbs 31 woman today, we typically start in verse 10 , where the NIV Bible breaks up the text with the subheading: The Wife of Noble Character. But if we go back a few verses to Proverbs Rather, they were spoken to King Lemuel by his mother as advice to her son not to her daughter s or to daughters everywhere. The Proverbs 31 Woman—10 Myths Explained.
Have you ever heard of the acronym for B. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth? Because while there are many, many verses of instructions for Godly living in the Bible, not every Bible verse is a command or instruction. And while we can absolutely benefit from every verse in the Bible, not every verse in the Bible was written to or about us. Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers! Read in context, the mother is basically telling her son: Treat others well, and find yourself a good, Godly woman.
This helps cover the many costs of running this site and allows me to help provide for my growing family. Rather she is simply a compilation of the best traits of Godly women as a whole. In fact, if you read through the entire book of Proverbs, you meet three other allegorical characters first: Wisdom, Folly and the Adultress. Rather, she completes the set. Pretty neat how that works out. You mess up sometimes? Welcome to the club! None of us are.
Proverbs 31 is simply the highlight reel of the BEST things she did in various seasons over the course of her entire life. But if you look at the Proverbs 31 Woman, she is confident, capable and self-assured. She honors her husband. She reflects well on him. How often do we think that the Proverbs 31 Woman is the perfect example of the perfect wife and the perfect mom?
But count how many times her family is actually mentioned. A full HALF 11 of the verses in this passage are about how hard she works—both inside and outside of the home. While only four even mention her husband, and her kids are only mentioned once! According to this article by Rachel Held Evans , you can also find it in Ruth 3: I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character. How often do we, as Christian women, assume that, if we want to be amazing Godly women, we HAVE to be wives, mothers and homemakers?
Her husband died without giving her children, leaving her a widow. Not by being the Proverbs 31 Woman. Mess up all the time? Yeah, we all mess up all the time. We can all be Proverbs 31 Women — imperfections and all. The Proverbs 31 Woman: How do you overcome these feelings? I am a 30 year old Catholic wife and mommy of a two year old!
I just wanted to say that you are awesome and I love your blog! Oh, I love this post so much! I have never understood why people use passage to push perfection on women.
I think the key is she is NOT real. The biggest passage I hear quoted in the working vs. Thank you so much for this! I simply LOVE this post! I used to think the P31 woman was perfection I could never attain, yet I love your interpretation of this famous passage. And I completely agree that the old argument about working mom vs. SAHM needs to just disappear! Thanks for sharing at the Sat.
Thanks for the feature!! I thought this was a great post Brittany but I would respectfully disagree that she was not real. She may or may not have been…we do not know. She is one of many Biblical women who are our guide. I love the story of Martha and Mary. LOL, I would be annoyed if my husband just sat around chatting all day too! But if I understand correctly, I think it was actually an esteemed position. I left my job in May and have been searching for myself since then.
Thanks for your thoughts. I want to be a good wife, but oh, the pressure!
My husband is supportive and understanding and to heck with all the supposedly perfect women out there! Maybe some clearing your head might do you some good? Brittany I love this… its easy to forget that she is NOT real.
And part of walking by faith is imitating those who imitate Christ — His righteous, selfless, sacrificial love — including the Proverbs 31 woman 1 Corinthians With God as our strength and motivation, we can see Mrs. In her we see womanhood at its finest, and we can be confident that it is Christ, not us, who will empower us to follow in her footsteps. I must do it with Jesus and for Jesus.
A major part of that abiding in Him is prayer. In one of those random moments where I thought about being her I realized I needed to pray about having her noble heart before doing her noble tasks. Each day an email will be sent to you with a set of Proverbs 31 verses and a corresponding prayer to bring to God.
You can also download the printable card version in the welcome email. Use them in your daily prayer time, or place them around the house to remind you that your homemaking is for the glory of God! I love that line, Dani! Good, encouraging words with a kick of truth! Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Feb 05, Daphne Grice rated it liked it. I love the simplicity but found the application to be general. I would love to see small ways to jumpstart action. May 30, Quinesia Johnson rated it it was amazing. What an awesome book.
It gives a very practical application to the woman in Proverbs.
The Challenge began one afternoon as I sat reading my Bible. I had read Proverbs 31 many times, always sighing and wishing I could be like the awesome. Noble Daughters: The Proverbs 31 Challenge [T.J. Williams] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com * FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Challenge began one afternoon as I sat .
It as she says takes a closer look at this ideal woman the Bible gives us. This book is also short, and not overbearing. Apr 25, kbjyahoo. This power packed challenge is fresh in perspective as well as delivery. I am in the category of grandmother so the scripture is well known to me. This bok has given me a true challenge to keep striving. I'm not going to be one of the hunched bunch as long as I have a choice. Sep 06, Nicole Baldwin rated it really liked it.
I liked that this was a relatively easy read. I was able to sit down and read it all in one sitting which is a bonus for me as I'm a mom and we all know a mom's day is a busy one. I appreciated the words in this book and took them to heart and tried to open myself up to the message being presented. It was the first time I had read Proverbs 31 and it was really interesting to take it all in. Kerri-Ann rated it really liked it Jun 03, Sonya McCleary rated it really liked it Nov 18, Brenda Colburn rated it really liked it Jul 06,