The Proverbs 31 Woman(Proverbs 31:10-31)

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Tried &Tested But Not Defeated

Have you been through some “stuff”?

Are you going through some “stuff”?

Have you ever looked back and say “How did I make it?

Your spiritual DNA explains it!2

Proverbs 31:10-31

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10 Characteristics of the Proverbs 31Woman

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1. She fears and reveres The Lord

6. She sows and reaps

2. She is highly valuable 7. She is wise – speaks with wisdom and makes wise decisions

3. Her husband trusts her and she contributes to his success

8. She is kind -- helping the poor and needy

4. She is prosperous -- She is an entrepreneur (business owner) and real estate investor.

9. She is a great mother

5. She is not idle or lazy 10. She is a guardian of her household

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Hebrew Explains Your Spiritual DNA

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“Woman

Of”

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Proverbs 31 Woman

Chayil Woman“Virtuous Woman”

“Woman of……”

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Woman of…….

Power , Might, and Strength

Efficiency

Wealth, Means and Resources

Ability

Authority

Life

Force (like an Army) – a “Warrior Woman”

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Chayil – Made of Life and has Authority over Life

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Chay = Life

Lamed

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God saw great value in Woman – He created her to be a helper

to Adam

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Commentary

The woman is the perfect counterpart of man, possessing neither inferiority nor superiority, but being like and equal in personhood, and unique and different in function.

(Genesis 2:18) emphasizes man’s need for a companion, a helper, and an equal. He was incomplete without someone to complement him in fulfilling the task of filling, multiplying, and taking dominion over the earth.

This points to Adam’s inadequacy, not Eve’s insufficiency. Woman was made by God to meet man’s deficiency

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Ezer – Helper & Protector

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Jer 31:22b: For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman protects a man." (RSV)Jer 31:22b: For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth--A woman shall encompass a man.“ (NKJV)

Did you know…?

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In Jewish wedding custom the bride circles the groom seven times

during the ceremony – therefore, putting a hedge of protection

around him.

See the Enemy Coming

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Eve was made to be the perfect ally for Adam – as a military ally to fight the enemy She “sees” the

“weapon” of the “enemy”coming!

Fire!...Handle With Care

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Revelation 1:8

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

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Be Careful…..Fire!

Woman of

Woman

Fire ‘esh

ishshah

eisheth

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Without God and Christ,

the Strength of the Woman is Just Fire(a destructive force)

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