She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.She looketh well to the ways of her household, And eateth not the bread of idleness.
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… and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also, and he praises her. Many women have done excellently, but you surpassed them all. Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain. But a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her works praise her in the gates. Now, as soon as I read the end of this chapter, the first thing I need to do is pause and point out something really important. This is a picture of a perfect woman. Like literally. in this proverb we hear nothing about any imperfection in her at all you think about what we just read we read about how godly she is how wise she is what a wonderful wife she is she's a homemaker she's a great cook who makes food for her family she makes clothes for her children with her own bare hands she gets up before everyone else gets up she goes to bed after everyone else goes to bed she actually doesn't sleep her light never goes out she is strong, she's humble, she's confident, she's a servant and a leader, and she's an entrepreneur who's out in the world making good business deals and buying property for the benefit of her family, and on top of all of that, she loves and cares for the poor. I give you a picture of Wonder Woman …
… She opens her mouth with wisdom and on her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. So she's not a bum about it all. She's very industrious. She's not lazy. she's not watching daytime tv and all that garbage her children rise up and call her blessed her husband also calls her blessed and he praises her verse 29 my daughters have done well but you excel them all charm is deceitful and beauty is passing but a woman who fears the lord she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates. That. Women pursue that and men pursue the loving of our wives. I close with this. our daughters are going to marry men like their fathers. Our sons are going to grow up to be husbands just like you are being. Learned response behavior mixed in with biblical teaching. Sometimes, dad, use some words. …
… and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Now here's a woman who has control of her tongue. Look, she opens her mouth with wisdom. In her tongue is the law of kindness. Do you know why this is? Do you know why she's not screeching at her kids? Do you know why she's not whining at her husband? Do you know why she can talk, why she has this dignity and poise and grace? Because she's already been up early in the morning. She's had her quiet time with God. Her life is well-ordered, and that's the reason that she has this well-ordered life. Her heart is at peace with God. When you, dear lady or sir, lash out at others, it tells more about you than almost anything else. If you're one who just simply is lashing out, lashing out, lashing out, you're a person who's not at peace with yourself. …