[695] Prov. xxxi. 1-9.
[696] Prov. xxxi. 10-31.
[697] _E.g._, בַּר ver. 2 and מְלָכִין ver. 3: _cf._ the strange expressions כָּל־בְּנֵי־עֹנִי and חֲלוֹף כָּל־בְּנֵי in vv. 5, 8.
[698] Prov. xxxi. 8, 9.
[699] Prov. xxii. 14, xxiii. 27.
[700] Prov. xix. 13, xxi. 9, xxv. 24, xxi. 19, xxvii. 15.
[701] Prov. xxvii. 16.
[702] Prov. xi. 22.
[703] Prov. xiv. 1.
[704] Prov. xi. 16.
[705] Prov. xviii. 22.
[706] Prov. xix. 14. In the LXX. this clause is beautifully rendered παρὰ δὲ κυρίου ἁρμόζεται γυνὴ ἀνδρί. By the Lord's ordinance woman and man are dovetailed together in a complete harmony. The thought is well expanded in Ecclesiasticus (xxvi. 1-3): "Blessed is the man that has a virtuous wife, for thereby his life is doubled. A woman made for a man rejoices her husband, and he shall fulfil the years of his life in peace. A virtuous wife is a good portion, in the portion of them that fear the Lord shall she be given."
[707] Prov. xxxi. 12.
[708] Prov. xii. 4.
[709] Prov. xxxi. 23.
[710] Prov. xxxi. 29.
[711] Prov. xxxi. 11.
[712] Prov. xxxi. 14.
[713] Prov. xxxi. 15.
[714] Prov. xxxi. 16.
[715] Prov. xxxi. 17.
[716] Prov. xxxi. 18.
[717] Prov. xxxi. 24.
[718] Prov. xxxi. 27.
[719] Prov. xxxi. 21.
[720] Prov. xxxi. 25.
[721] Prov. xxxi. 20.
[722] Prov. xxxi. 30.
INDEX OF TEXTS IN PROVERBS QUOTED OR EXPOUNDED.