| John Angell James - Domestic relations - 1830 - 236 pages
...so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaft'. She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hand to the needy.... | |
| 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. " She... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Women - 1831 - 204 pages
...and 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 afraid... | |
| Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...more than we can believe that inspiration should honor the counsel given by the mother of Solomon, "She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff," and that in these modern times there should be such a complete reversal of all laws as to justify the... | |
| John Robert McDowall - Prostitution - 1832 - 118 pages
...and 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 afraid... | |
| 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... | |
| George Bush - Bible - 1832 - 250 pages
...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... | |
| David Francis Bacon - Christian biography - 1833 - 630 pages
...neighborhood, as well as attending the common and special means of grace. In a word it might be said of her, " 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 openeth her... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...strengtheneth her arms. 9 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 10 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distafF. 11 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 12 She... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...and strengthened her arms. She perceiveth that her merchandize is good : her candle goeth not out by , disappoint, and far exceed human stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. She is not afraid... | |
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