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Proverbs 31:11

Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,.... Christ her Maker is her husband, who has asked her in marriage, and has betrothed her to himself in righteousness; and of whose chaste love, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

No need of spoil - Better, no lack of gain, lack of honest gain.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 31:10-31

This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

doth safely trust in her Or, trusteth in her, R.V. "The very first item in the catalogue of good qualities is the rarest of all: -the heart of her husband doth safely trust in her." The husband in…

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