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, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth... The Atlantic Monthly - Page 4961914Full view - About this book
| Women - 1849 - 218 pages
...despairing. She would not enter upon her labors heartlessly, but it would be appropriately said of her, " She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands." " She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her food from afar," ver. 14. See here a mark of her enterprise.... | |
| Church of England - 1849 - 1236 pages
...so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. k 7 + is like the merchants' chips ; she bringeth her food from afar. She risem also while it is yet night,... | |
| 1849 - 514 pages
...elegant society. In rebuke of such notions, see Solomon's description of a virtuous woman : — Prov. 31. "She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not of the... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - Massachusetts - 1849 - 396 pages
...Standish, we see that the New England women knew how to adorn their houses and make them comfortable. " She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She is not afraid of the snow for... | |
| George Atkinson - Cumbria (England) - 1849 - 334 pages
...he shall have no need of spoil. — She will do him good and not evil all the cloys 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... | |
| Christopher Marshall - Pennsylvania - 1849 - 212 pages
...neighborhood. One distinguishing characteristic of an excellent woman, as given by the wisest of men is, that "She seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands. She raycth her hamls to the spiadle, and her hand holdcth the distaff." In this time of public distress,... | |
| John Lauris Blake - Agriculture - 1850 - 688 pages
...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 biingeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is dark, and... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - Marriage - 1850 - 202 pages
...of her husband doth safely trust in her. 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,... | |
| Young wife - 1850 - 304 pages
...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,... | |
| Hannah Villiers Boyd - Australia - 1851 - 218 pages
...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 whik it is yet night,... | |
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