Proverbs 31 Footnotes

31:6 Perhaps the verse recognizes a medicinal use for alcohol. See note on 20:1.

31:12 The verse, in typical proverbial language, describes a woman who brings benefit to her husband throughout their married life. To suggest, as some have, that the verse claims that she never makes a mistake or does anything that works to her husband’s disadvantage flies in the face of what the author intended and reflects a misunderstanding of the characteristics of a proverb.