Proverbs 31:16 · KJV
“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. {buyeth: Heb. taketh}”
— Proverbs 31:16
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Proverbs 31 — Context
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. {buyeth: Heb. taketh}
17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18She perceiveth that her merchandise {is} good: her candle goeth not out by night. {She...: Heb. She tasteth}
Cross References
Matthew 13:44
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Song of Solomon 8:12
My vineyard, which {is} mine, {is} before me: thou, O Solomon, {must have} a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
Joshua 15:18
And it came to pass, as she came {unto him}, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off {her} ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?