Proverbs 31:27

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, etc.] The business of her house, her domestic affairs; that her children and servants have convenient food, and in due season; that they have proper clothing, and keep their garments close about them, and unspotted; that everyone does the business of his calling, her several officers, and private members; that a good decorum is kept, that all things are done decently and in order; that the rules of her lord and husband are observed; that the conversations of all in her house are according to the word of God, and becoming their character: she takes care of the sick and weak, comforts the feeble minded, and supports the infirm; she cannot bear…”

“(Compare Ti1 5:14; Tit 2:5). She adds to her example a wise management of those under her control.”

“Looketh well - She diligently observes the management of her domestick business, and the whole carriage of her children and servants. Proverbs 31:30”

“Pro 14:1; Th1 4:11; Th2 3:6; Ti1 5:10; Tit 2:4 Proverbs 31:28”

“27 צ She looketh well to the ways of her house, And eateth not the bread of idleness. Although there exists an inner relation between 27a and Pro 31:26, yet 27a is scarcely to be thought of (Hitzig) as appos. to the suffix in לשׁונהּ. Participles with or without determination occur in descriptions frequently as predicates of the subject standing in the discourse of the same force as abstr. present declarations, e.g., Isa 40:22., Psa 104:13. צופיּה is connected with the accus. of the object of the intended warning, like Pro 15:3, and is compared according to the form with המיּה, Pro 7:11. הליבה signifies elsewhere things necessary for a journey, Job 6:19, and in the plur. magnificus it…”