עֵזֶר כְּנֶגד Ezer K’enegdo.: Ishah HaChokma (The Wisdom Of Woman. Importance of a Wife.)
The word, “helpmate” is always one that made me cringe. I would skip over it and quickly dismiss it. It seemed to elevate men, and devalue women. I didn’t desire to be described as only, “a helper for men.” A little embarrassed to be a Christian, I shook it off. If I turned a blind eye to it, it wasn’t my problem.
NO more will I look at this word that way. It is with honor and excitement that I dig into the word and parallel the Hebrew word for helpmate/helpmeet with all the other instances that it appears in the Bible. God could have used any number of descriptors for women and he chose, “ezer.” This is not an accident.
Genesis 2:18 it says, “18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable of him.”
In Hebrew the word “help mate/help meet,” is derived from two words, ezer and k’enegdo.
First, I will explain the Hebrew word, ‘ezer.’ The word ‘ezer’ appears 21 times in the Bible. In the Old Testament, the word ‘ezer’ is most often used to describe God being an EZER to human beings. In David Freedman’s book he says that the word, ‘ezer’ originally had two roots: “to rescue, to save,” and “to be strong.” (R. David Freedman, “Woman, a Power Equal to a Man,” Biblical Archaeology Review 9 [1983]: 56-58)
Similarly, in Diana Webb’s book Forgotten Women of God she also talks about the meaning of the word, ‘ezer,’
“In eight of these instances the word means “savior”. These examples are easy to identify because they are associated with other expressions of deliverance or saving. Elsewhere in the Bible, the root ezer means “strength…. the word is most frequently used to describe how God is an ezer to man. ”
ALEPH PORTION
💜🔵🔑⚫Ecclesiastes 4:9-11 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
KINGDOM THINKING: here in the Holy scriptures we can clearly see the wisdom of God. Here in the Holy scriptures the word of God informs us that man should not be alone I'm that our god-given counterpart on Earth is woman to man, and man to woman. Man exist of male man, and female man. This is the completion of God's creation of mankind.
💜🔵🔑⚫Genesis 2:21-25 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
KINGDOM THINKING: Here we see in this portion of scripture, that in the beginning God's word and God's law is established with two genders. The creation cannot supplant, or overrule the Creator. It is not good that man should be alone. Two are better than one. Hallelujah.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
KINGDOM THINKING: Here we see in the word of God, and the law of God, that a wife is a good thing. What we do not see is that a girlfriend is a good thing, or a baby's mama is a good thing. Once again in God's word and in God's law he has instructed man to have a wife. Also he has instructed a woman to be a wife of a man. Shema. Amen. Hallelujah.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
KINGDOM THINKING: This scripture alludes to the truth that one should we Joyce and the wife of his youth. This shows that a man's wife should bring nothing but joy and godly Bliss to his life and the house hold that he is the strength of. This verse also shows how marriage is to be done in one's youth instead of fornication. In Western eyes thinking we are discouraged from getting married at younger ages when in the word of God and in the law of God and instructs us to enjoy the wife of our youth. Shema. I'm in. Hallelujah.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
KINGDOM THINKING: In the word of God we see here that a Prudent Wife is from the Lord. This again shows how God brings man his wife and when she is from the Lord her character is one of prudence. Shema. Amen. Hallelujah.
💜🔵🔑⚫Ecclesiastes 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
KINGDOM THINKING: and this block of scripture the word of God and the law of God keeps us humble and submissive to Kingdom thinking. This block of scripture states that while all is Vanity, one should still live joyfully with his wife, and that is a man's portion in life.
BEYT PORTION
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 5:1-23 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
KINGDOM THINKING- this block of scripture isky to understanding how to apply wisdom within the parameters of a marriage, how to treat a wife, how to recognize what caliber of woman is to be a wife, and also gender roles as a man and how to view the different types of women. An application to Womanhood this gives the woman polarity, and a standard what type of woman she is to be unto God, in the Kingdom of Heaven. this also gives the woman and understanding of the antithesis to a virtuous woman that being a strange woman. The strange woman is of the world, and the virtuous woman is in the world but of the Kingdom.
This portion of Proverbs vividly instructs men to enjoy the wife of their youth, to have a wife, and drink water from your own cistern meaning do not lust after other women outside of your wife. You are to love your wife not even to lust after her. man is instructed in this block of scripture to watch out and use discernment of the strange woman and also the pitfalls that come into your life with joking yourself to a strange woman. our heavenly father gives us his word and his law to instruct Us in all areas of life. men in from the beginning are to have dominion over women as the weaker vessel however it is for man to understand the value of woman, the value of a wife, the Covenant of marriage, the laws, covenants, promises, blessings, and the word of God.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 6:24-26 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
KINGDOM THINKING- in this block of scripture it hits directly on the sin of lust. man is not to lust after a woman, and in most cases it is strange women, or horse women who use their beauty For Advantage, and vein purpose. it is the strange woman who use flattery with her tongue, flirtation, and can be very beguiling to cause further fall for men. Strange women hunt for precious things meaning in today's Times what we call gold diggers. Women who search for wealthy, insecure men to take advantage of and live the advantageous, opulent life. the man is instructed not to lust after her beauty in his heart, meaning not to ponder these things in your mind consistently. You are not to ponder her beauty, her physique, your sexual desires, towards her and your mind on a consistent basis. Faith comes by hearing that's why you are instructed in this block of scripture not to fall victim to the flattery of her words. The tongue is a double edged sword, it can speak life and death. This is why we are instructed in God's word and in his law to continually stay in his Commandments, and to renew our mind. Yahshua the Messiah said in scripture he did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. so to just think these things and have lust in your heart which is your mind is saying, due to the fact that you have to think before you act so the more you think, and ponder these things the faith comes by hearing, you will act them out manifesting sin.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
KINGDOM THINKING- the vivid descriptions in this block of scripture of a deep ditch and a narrow pit are allegorical And metaphorical in their symbolism. If you can imagine the feeling you would feel if you were stranded in a deep ditch or a narrow pit the loneliness, The Emptiness, the abandonment, the fear, the danger, and all of the things that you would be vulnerable to in that type of situation or life, this is comparable to a life with the strange woman, or the consequences of lusting and sinning with a strange woman.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
KINGDOM THINKING- this block of scripture of Proverbs vividly gives us a metaphorical and allegorical example of life with a contentious woman, or an argumentative woman. This type of woman is not of God. imagine if you will if your bedroom was on the top of a house on the roof. Think about all of the elements that you will be vulnerable to like wind, rain, snow, extensive heat, hail, bird feces, insects, and many of Nature's elements that you would have no control over. this is comparable to a life with a woman, or a wife who is not of God and is a brawling woman.
💜🔵🔑⚫Genesis 39:7-20 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
KINGDOM THINKING------- this portion of scripture it's an obvious depiction I'm a strange woman. Hear Joseph submitted to the word of God Which was to not commit adultery. As the man Joseph knew that he was held accountable as being a child of God. Joseph understood that it was better to flee than to sin.
The actions of a strange woman can be the downfall of a man. it may seem within this portion of scripture that Joseph took a downfall for doing the right thing, however often God uses tragedy To manifest Triumph. our heavenly father cannot manifest how true his word is and how powerful he is without us going through tragedies for him to manifest the triumphs, without us having the crosses to bear in order to receive the Crown of Glory from the Kingdom of Heaven.
💜🔵🔑⚫Judges 16:16-21 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
KINGDOM THINKING------- here we see the actions of a strange woman. Delilah has deceived Samson with her wit, charm, and guile. These attributes of a strange woman you can see the downfall of Samson in this portion of scripture. Samson disobeyed God by telling the word of God, via his relationship and Nazarite vow under the law of God which was what was preserving Israel at the time.
When we disobey our heavenly father by the words, these, and actions of a strange woman We can bring about destruction to not just ourselves but our families and whole Nations.
💜🔵🔑⚫2 Samuel 11:1-27 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
KINGDOM THINKING------- in this portion of scripture We see the complicit behavior of a strange woman. While Bathsheba was not the initiator, or instigator, in the sin, of adultery with King David, we clearly can see where the sin of lust can bring forth death spiritually and physically. David and Bathsheba both have display the sins of lust, greed, covetousness, adultery, fornication, and all out selfishness. David as a king conspired to commit murder which is definitely violation the laws of God, and the word of God. when God elevates us to leadership positions we are required to be an ambassador's For the Kingdom of Heaven. To whom much is given much is required.
💜🔵🔑⚫1 Kings 11:1-13 (KJV) But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
KINGDOM THINKING------- in this portion of scripture we see how our heavenly father feels about serving, and or worshipping other gods Or deities. We must be careful because in today's Times much materialism, opulence, and attention, can become idols. A god in our lives. Through the Folly of Solomon who was such a wise King we can see that even in much wisdom one can be a fool to God. our heavenly father warns us against strange women for this very reason. A strange woman is beguiling and to lust, or love her will take you away from the wisdom of God. King Solomon one of the wisest men to walk the earth was removed from the wisdom of God, and the love of God, for the lust and love of strange women. Here is a great example with in Solomon's life of how a man's decisions can affect the Next Generation. Solomon's transgressions were not manifested in consequences in his life but the blessings of his father was still fulfilled even in his sin, however Solomon sent his consequences will be manifested in the life of his son. this is why we must be very careful And very wise and very obedient and follow the law of God for our children's sake.
💜🔵🔑⚫Proverbs 31:1-31 (KJV) The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
KINGDOM THINKING-------God's Word. this portion of scripture gives you a detailed description of a virtuous woman. This portion of scripture gives you a list of attributes of a virtuous woman. a virtuous woman is a gift from God, one must have already been made and prepared by God to be able to recognize a virtuous woman And how to be the head of a virtuous woman and not the tail of a virtuous woman. A man is to be the strength of the household and not a burden to the household. A virtuous woman highest level of virtue is when she is a wife and has a husband. the man of God who is the husband is to be the foundation and the strength of the house, the virtuous woman who is the wife has two hands that are to be the pillars that hold the house together. The word household is a compound word with the word house, and the word hold. the physical structure is the house however It is the family of God that makes the house become a household. in the House of Bread The Virtuous Woman it's to be the preparer under the man of God the servant of our Heavenly Father.
💜🔵🔑⚫Ruth 1:1-17 (KJV) Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;
Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
KINGDOM THINKING------- in this portion of scripture the word of God shows us A virtuous woman and her loyalty. Here we see that Ruth being a Moabite and Naomi a Hebrew We see how the word of God is applicable to all unto salvation. Ruth was a foreigner of another nationality who married Naomi son as well as her sister Orpah. all of their husbands died and they were on their way back to go did Judah where Naomi was from and in those days it was customary for a woman to go back to the house of her family if she was widowed a widow was considered the lowest class of woman and they're very vulnerable lifestyle. Since Naomi had no other sons and was too old to bare sons which, was the custom of that time for Hebrew women who were widowed to marry the brother of the deceased husband, in order to bare a son to keep the family name going, of the son who was passed away. Due to this Ruth and Orpah were free to go back to their homeland to marry again.
Ruth being married for 10 years Torah Hebrew man who was following the word of God and God's law in the Torah she showed her highest virtue by wanting to go back to Judah with Naomi to continue to be a servant about Heavenly Father, And to be a Daughter of Zion. Ruth showed her virtue by realizing that she was not married to the man she was married to the word of God and her life was to continue on as a servant in obedience to the law of God oh, so what better opportunity then to live In the land of God. The Virtuous Woman Ruth was able to see and understand that our heavenly father did not give her a tragedy he gave her a Triumph, our heavenly father gave The Virtuous Woman Ruth a crown to wear not a cross to bear, our heavenly father gave The Virtuous Woman Ruth a Blessing and not a curse. Ruth was able to see and understand that in crisis of the world apply the word of God and the law of God and you will see opportunity.
💜🔵🔑⚫Ruth 2:1-3 (KJV) And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
KINGDOM THINKING------- here we see The Virtuous Woman Ruth Settling into a foreign land where she is not from however very willing to work. The Virtuous Woman Ruth is showing unto God that she is grateful and willing to work for everything that she needs and not depend on a; husband,charity, or pity, however still also positioning herself to be blessed.
💜🔵🔑⚫Ruth 2:8-12 (KJV) Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:
Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
KINGDOM THINKING------- Here we see The Virtuous Woman Ruth receive Grace from being obedient to the word of God and trusting in the word of God and also trust in the law of God. Through that the people of God which or Israel blessed her abundantly with hospitality, comfort, showing their obedience to our Heavenly Father Being the light of the world.
Here is an alternate example in conjunction with the attributes and behaviors of a virtuous woman. We also see here how we as Israel, the people of God are to treat our neighbors, and are to treat the Widow and our woman in general. Boaz exhibits Kingdom attributes by keeping Ruth under his households.
💜🔵🔑⚫Ruth 3:1-11 (KJV) Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.
And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.
And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her.
And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
KINGDOM THINKING-------Here in this blokc of scripture we see that Ruth obeys the Word Of God instructed through Naomi instructing her by the Laws of God in order to get the Blessings from God.
As a foreign, young, widow, far away from home and family Ruth was focused on worshipping God of Israel, working unto God, exhibiting virtue in her character, in order to geting married to a man of Israel, and be a virtuous woman for a husband of God's choosing.
Ruth made herself valuable and attractive by worshipping and obeying God, and being loyal to his Word and his vessels.
💜🔵🔑⚫Esther 2:5-18 (KJV) Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
💜🔵🔑⚫Esther 5:1-8 (KJV) Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
KINGDOM THINKING-------
💜🔵🔑⚫Esther 8:1-13 (KJV) On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
💜🔵🔑⚫Judges 4:1-10 (KJV) And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand.
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
💜🔵🔑⚫Judges 4:15-24 (KJV) And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.
And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
💜🔵🔑⚫Judges 5:7 (KJV) The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
💜🔵🔑⚫Judges 5:24-28 (KJV) Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
DALET PORTION
💜🔵🔑⚫1 Corinthians 11:1-7 (KJV) Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
💜🔵🔑⚫1 Timothy 2:9-14 (KJV) In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
💜🔵🔑⚫Ephesians 5:28-33 (KJV) So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
💜🔵🔑⚫Colossians 3:16-21 (KJV) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
💜🔵🔑⚫1 Peter 3:1-7 (KJV) Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
💜🔵🔑⚫1 Corinthians 7:1-15 (KJV) Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
KINGDOM THINKING------- these blocks of scripture detail parts of the lives of Deborah, Ruth, and Esther,. These three women's lives we're very integral In the salvation of the world. These three women exhibited obedience to the word of God and reference to the law of God. These three women never allowed fear to contaminate their faith, on the contrary they allowed their faith to annihilate fear. this faith was in conjunction with their obedience, reverence, submission, love, loyalty, empathy, and a myriad of the virtues Of Godly women.
it is through these virtuous women that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was begotten To us by our Heavenly Father. a plethora of other virtuous women are named in the Holy Bible were also apart of this lineage, heritage, inheritance, and Nation.
In conclusion it is God's gift to man to have woman. It is God's Blessing to have a virtuous woman as a wife. It is a curse 2 Fall to the Wiles of a strange woman.
Shema. Hallelujah. Amen.
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