KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 31:23–24
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Proverbs 31:23
23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
23Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth among the Elders of the land.
Proverbs 31:24
24She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
24She maketh fine linnen, and selleth it, and deliuereth girdles vnto the merchant.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 31:23
A married man in relation to his wife; also one who manages or cultivates carefully.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Proverbs 31:24
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
Pure or refined; of excellent quality; also a payment imposed as a penalty, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Bullokar 1616 · Skeat 1893
Cloth made of flax or hemp. Resembling linen cloth; white; pale.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Belts, bands, or articles worn around the waist or body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828
A trader or dealer who buys, sells, exchanges, imports, or exports goods.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 23
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Open the full verse study4A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
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Open the full verse study1THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
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Open the full verse study18¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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Open the full verse study19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
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Open the full verse study7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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Open the full verse study7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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Open the full verse study11And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study16Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.
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Open the full verse study19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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Open the full verse study28¶ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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Open the full verse study12¶ And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
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Open the full verse study13She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
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Open the full verse study19She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
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