“A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.”
Proverbs 31:10
Proverbs 31:10 opens by asking who can find a “wife of noble character.” The Hebrew behind the phrase is interesting, translated literally as “a woman of valor.” Throughout the Old Testament, we meet various “men of valor.” They’re warriors like King Saul (1 Samuel 9:1-2) and King David (16:18), and they’re the heads of Israel’s tribes (1 Chronicles 5:24; 7:2; 8:40).
The phrase “wife [woman] of noble character” appears only three times in the Bible—twice in Proverbs (12:4; 31:10) and once in Ruth 3:11. In Ruth, the words come from the mouth of Boaz as he recognizes the Herculean effort that Ruth has put forth to save not only the life of her mother-in-law, Naomi, but also her husband’s legacy. She may not have stood on a battlefield with sword in hand, but Ruth earned her title by setting aside her self-interests for the sake of others. This was the choice of Jesus and our calling too—caring for our family members and others as well.
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