"She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar." — Proverbs 31:14

Proverbs 31:14 · KJV

“She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.”

— Proverbs 31:14

Verse 13

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Verse 15

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Proverbs 31 — Context

She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. {buyeth: Heb. taketh}

Cross References

1 Kings 9:26-28

And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which {is} beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. {shore: Heb. lip}

Ezekiel 27:3-36

And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, {which art} a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I {am} of perfect beauty. {of perfect...: Heb. perfect of beauty}

Proverbs 31:24

She maketh fine linen, and selleth {it}; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.

2 Chronicles 9:10

And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. {algum...: also called, almug trees}