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Observations about Women in Proverbs 31

September 25, 2012 By Peter Krol

On Saturday, the Huffington Post ran a Religion article about what Proverbs 31 says (and doesn’t say) about women.  The journalist makes some excellent observations from the text.

The unfortunate thing is that he concludes that a woman’s value ought to be found in her character and accomplishments, when the Bible claims that one’s value derives from Christ and not self (Col 3:1-4).

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  1. Jake Swink says

    October 30, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    Thanks for posting this! In my bible as literature class we were studying this passage and this was great to be able to show other classmates and the professor.

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