A Force to be Reckoned with.
Pro 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies
Did you know that the Hebrew word used for "virtuous" in Proverbs 31:10 is "khah'-yil"?
Khah'-yil means: strength, might, efficiency, a force (like an army). Interesting, isn't it? That the first thing that's mentioned about the Proverbs 31 woman is that she is strong, she is efficient, she is a force.
"The woman described here is of priceless value. She has physical strength, mental strength, moral strength and spiritual strength. Above all she loves God deeply and reverently. She is characterized in this section six ways, and I'll point them out to you as we just look together at the Scripture...six ways.
Her character as a wife, her devotion as a homemaker, her generosity as a neighbor, her influence as a teacher, her effectiveness as a mother and her excellence as a person...the sum of all of that makes the excellent wife. And I might add that this is no woman in particular but this is the woman that every woman should seek to emulate. She is rare, look at verse 10, an excellent wife...by the way, the word virtuous in Hebrew means force, a woman of force, a woman of substance, a woman of strength would be another way to characterize her.
It's excellent in the sense of her strength spiritually, morally, mentally, physically. She is a woman of substances. She is a woman who has made a dent in society. She is one who makes a difference. There's a force about her life. This kind of wife, he says, who can find? Very rare. Hard to find this kind of woman."
A force to be reckoned with in the life of her husband and children, her church and community. A force for the devil to reckon with when she prays, all hell shakes when mothers bend there knees and pray! Women of force have influences on there husbands and children and help form them into what God wants them to be. Ladies don't abuse this virtue but use it for Gods glory mold and shape your house into a christian home.
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
1Co 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband
1Co 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
1Co 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
