26She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 Hebrew alphabet in order, as some of the Psalms , which makes some think it was no part of the lesson which Lemuel’s mother taught him, but a poem by itself, written by some other hand, and perhaps ha…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.