King Lemuel
Proverbs 31:16WEB·superscription
She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard.
Geneva Bible Notes Reformed
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. (k) She purchases it with the gains of her travail.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed
and hence has means to purchase property.
Matthew Henry Presbyterian
This portrait of virtue is not idle poetry; it teaches both women what they must become and men what they must seek. Mark how much hangs on the mothers, the piety and prosperity of entire households, the faith of generations to come. A man who means to prosper must reckon with his wife; her wisdom and goodness are the foundation.
AI summary
Commenting on Proverbs 31:10-31