Proverbs 31:14-25

¹⁴Like a merchant's ship, she brings food from far away.

¹⁵She gets up while it's still dark to make breakfast for her family, and to plan what her servant girls need to do.

¹⁶She looks at a field, and decides to buy it; from the money she's earned she buys a vineyard.

¹⁷She's keen to get ready, and works hard with her strong arms.

¹⁸She knows that the things she makes are valuable. She keeps busy—her lamp burns late into the night.

¹⁹She spins the thread and weaves the cloth.

²⁰She's generous to the poor, and gives help to the needy.

²¹She doesn't worry if it snows, because her whole family has warm clothing.

²²She makes herself bedspreads; she dresses in fine linen and purple clothes.

²³Her husband is well-respected in the council at the town gates, where he sits with the town elders.

²⁴She makes linen clothes for sale, and supplies merchants with belts.

²⁵She's clothed with strength and dignity, and she is happy about the future.