
She is faithful to her family and responsible. Some scripture translations of Proverbs 31:10-31 use the term “noble woman,” and others use the term “virtuous woman.” If she has virtue, she is seen as having a high moral character. Jesus is like a good husband who is willing to lay down his life for his love and he did.) God is described as the father, and the spouse of Jesus Christ is the church. (There are also parallels between God and his relationship with all of us, which are described in human terms, but I do not have time to go into all of them with this article. The women paid a high price for the one-sided decision of their spouse. When my husband was in the military, we saw many women who had moved faithfully with their spouses from one location to another and then were left high and dry by husbands who left them. Many times, women did not want to compete in a world with men, but they worked as a necessity. This was in addition to the work women did inside the home. Others had to pick up the pieces after a workplace accident when their husbands were injured or killed. Women may have continued to work to support their families, especially when the husband or father went to war. Many people have no idea what that means today. The husband worked outside the home, and the wife or mother worked inside the home. The family, Biblically speaking, may typically have consisted of a mother, father, and possibly children. She was the one who stayed home and cared for the family. Mothers were always the helpmate to the father. Over the years, the idea of what a typical mother is has changed a lot.
