...The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her; She will do him good, and not evil all her life : She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands : She is like merchants' ships, she hringeth food from She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth...

...cord, of Flax ; and Hosea alludes to the household uses of Flax. Solomon says of the virtuous woman: " She seeketh wool and Flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. . . . She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff." Linen cloth is frequently named both...

...that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good, and not evif, All the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax, And worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships, She bringeth her food from afar. She risem also while it is yet night,...

...that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,...

...that he shall have no need of spoil. " She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. ' ' She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. " She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. "She riseth also while it is yet night,...

...conscience, reason, and honour, is industrious. Of him it may be said, as of Solomon's good housewife, She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands ; she is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth Jier food from afar ; she looketh well to her household,...

...wonders which have rendered Greece and Italy illustrious, were derived from the valley of the Nile. She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchant's ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,...

...JOB vii. 6. "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, (or, than a weaver.)" PROv. xxxi. 13, 19. " She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.... She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff." ISAIAH xxxviii. 12. " I have cut...

...so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships ; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night,...

...were often thus occupied. Solomon says in his beautiful description of a virtuous woman, Prov. 31, " She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands. She raaketh fine linen and selleth it, and delivereth girdles to the merchant." The "fine linen of Egypt"...