Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
What does Proverbs 31:28 mean?
This is the description of a virtuous woman of those days, but the general outlines equally suit every age and nation.
Key themes
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Keep this verse inside Proverbs 31:28-29 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Proverbs 31:28
Her children arise up,.... As olive plants around her table; grow up to maturity of age, and ripeness of judgment, and so capable of observing things, and doing the work here ascribed to them: or they rise up in reverence of her, and respect to her, suitable to the relation they stand in to her: or rather it signifies their readiness to show a regard unto her, and their setting about the work of commendation of her in earnest: or else their earliness in doing it; they rise in the morning, as Aben Ezra's note is; her lamp not being extinct in the night.
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Context in Proverbs 31
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Proverbs 31 belongs to the closing movement of the book, especially the section often described as Agur, Lemuel, and the valiant woman. Proverbs offers compact instruction on speech, work, wealth, friendship, sex, discipline, justice, and wisdom as a way of life before God. Read this chapter with the wider themes of wisdom, fear of the Lord, and speech in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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