Top Highlights

• “An excellent wife is the crown of her husband.” An “excellent wife” is translated literally as “a wife of valor.”
• all virtue must include a manly kind of courage. Women would do well to think of themselves in this way, rather than assuming that a virtuous woman is a retiring, Victorian stereotype who shrinks away from getting her hands dirty.
• We pursue godliness, trusting that God will by His Spirit do far more than all we can ask or think.
• Diligence means working hard and putting care and effort into your work. It means constant, careful effort, not just working in spurts and starts but persevering in the work over the long haul.
• Since all our work is to be offered unto the Lord, these are the attitudes that should accompany our work: willingness and cheerfulness. The woman described here is using her hands to beautify and glorify.