 | Religion - 1849 - 1188 pages
...directly contrary to the Word of God, where it is said of the virtuous wife, Prov. xxxi. 20, that ' she stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.' If God hath made this her duty," he adds, "then he hath given her this right and power, because the... | |
 | 1831 - 676 pages
...stremrtlieneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise i* good : her candle goeth not out by night. 10 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. * . J < * -• 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reocheth forth her hands to the... | |
 | Anna Maria Winter - Natural theology - 1831 - 486 pages
...strengthenetli her arms. " She percciveth that her merchandise is good, her candle goeth not out by night. " She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. " She is not afraid of the snow for her household : for all her household are clothed with scarlet.... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Women - 1831 - 204 pages
...strengtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandize is good; her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not... | |
 | Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...strengthencth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good ; her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she rcacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not... | |
 | Harriet Livermore - 1831 - 286 pages
...succor the poor. Solomon, in drawing the likeness of a virtuous woman, puts on this amiable color : " She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hand to the needy." David, the father of Solomon, to whose young brow he resigned his royal crown,... | |
 | George Fox - Evangelists - 1831 - 330 pages
...then surely she hath a work to do, that must praise her in the gates. ' She stretcheth forth her hands to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.' Prov. xxxi. And must she not then have something of the outward to do it withal ? ' She opens her mouth... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1832 - 250 pages
...borne by the women in the general oblation ? v. 25, 26. Thus the virtuous woman of Solomon, Prov. 31. 19.' She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.' So in the early history of the church, the Christian tabernacle, there were ' women which labored in... | |
 | John Robert McDowall - Prostitution - 1832 - 118 pages
...strengtheneth her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandise is good ; her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distafF. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor, yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not... | |
 | Forests and forestry - 1832 - 440 pages
...employment. " She maketh herself," says Solomon, " coverings of tapestry; her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff §." There is a passage in Virgil which affords a beautiful illustration of this description of the... | |
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She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 
