Proverbs 31:15-20

She rises while it is still night to provide food for her household and portions for her maidservants. She appraises a field and buys it; from her earnings she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong. She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night. She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers. She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

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6 songs meet this passage

  • “I'm gonna do what I've got to do”

    Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) · Clean Bandit

    resonates with Proverbs 31:15-20

    Her tireless labor for her child's sake recalls the industrious, self-giving love of the Proverbs 31 woman, even in very different circumstances.

  • “Shorty got a job, Shorty got a car”

    Most Girls · Pink

    resonates with Proverbs 31:16-17

    The picture of a capable woman providing for herself resonates with the industrious, self-sufficient woman praised in Proverbs 31.

  • “I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings”

    Independent Women Part I · Destiny's Child

    resonates with Proverbs 31:16-18

    The Proverbs 31 woman also works, earns, and acquires with her own strength, so the song's picture of a capable, hardworking woman isn't foreign to Scripture.

  • Independent (feat. Boosie Badazz & Lil Phat) · Webbie

    resonates with Proverbs 31:16-18

    Scripture does celebrate a capable woman who earns, buys, and works with her own hands; the drive toward diligence and self-sufficiency isn't foreign to the Bible.

  • “Workin' hard, girl, everything paid for”

    Nice For What · Drake

    resonates with Proverbs 31:17-18

    The praise of a woman's diligence and self-sufficiency has a real echo of the Proverbs 31 woman's industrious strength, even though the song's vision stops at material success.

  • “She got her own thing, that's why I love her”

    Miss Independent · Ne-Yo

    resonates with Proverbs 31:17-18

    The admired capability and industriousness here echoes the praised 'woman of noble character' who works with vigor and profits by her own hands.

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