The “secret” is the source of her wisdom: She does not possess some secret super power or run for days with no sleep. This woman is not smarter or more energetic than today’s average Christian woman. The Key to Understanding the Proverbs 31 Woman The first word of each line begins with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in sequence. Husbands and children even recited it in ancient Jewish homes at Sabbath dinner by. On commentator said it reads more like an ancient hymn, a musical poem to lady wisdom. And of course, she is set in the time and culture of an ancient Jewish household. She is an idealized wife, in an idealized home. This wise woman of virtue stands in contrast to all the adulterous and foolish women set forth throughout the book. The wife of noble character then is the personification of wisdom, a collection of all the characteristics of wisdom we see in the collection of proverbs. Sometimes the teacher depicts wisdom as an immoral, foolish woman and sometimes as a wise, godly woman. Since the Hebrew word for wisdom is feminine, wisdom is naturally portrayed as a woman. Throughout Proverbs, the wisdom writer often personifies wisdom.
The woman described in the last chapter of the book of Proverbs, also known as the “wife of noble character” is more than just a description of a godly woman.
But, perhaps we’ve misunderstood this woman all along. We read the 31 st chapter of the book of Proverbs and think, “That’s just impossible.” We feel defeated before we ever begin. But frankly, the woman set the bar far too high for the rest of us. Many of us have had a love/hate relationship with the Proverbs 31 woman.
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