Proverbs 31:17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 31 connects to 10 cross-references. The Words of King Lemuel taught by his mother: warnings against women and wine that could destroy rulers, and urging defense of the poor and needy. The book concludes with the famous acrostic poem of the excellent wife who manages …
Other Translations
She girdeth her loins with strength, And maketh strong her arms.
She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.
She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.
Cross References
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to …
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: …
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the …
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is …
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the …
Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.