John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 31:17
Pro 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. Ver. 17. She girdeth her loins with strength. ] She flies about her work, and sets on it with a courage. We have read of women in whom, besides their sex, there was nothing woman-like or weak; such were Semiramis, Zenobia, Blandina, that brave Hungarian woman, who, in an assault at the siege of Buda, thrusting in among the soldiers upon the top of the fort, with a great scythe in her hand, at one blow struck off two of... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Proverbs 31:10-27
Proverbs 31:10-27Who can find a virtuous woman?for her price is far above rubies. The prophecy of Lemuel’s motherThere was never yet a woman who did not wish to have some part in the choice of her son’s wife; and the mother of king Lemuel was no exception to the rule. She knew the kind of woman that would make him happy, and she contrived, by some means, to instil the knowledge into the heart of her son. It is a fact, which should ever be before the minds of mothers, that their sons are... read more