Poem: Who Can Find? Based on Proverbs 31

Who Can Find?

A wife of noble character,

who can find?

She is worth far more than rubies

or silver in the mine.

Her husband trusts her utterly,

she his wife,

who brings him good and never harm

all throughout his life.

Industrious, a careful planner,

getting up at dawn.

Ordering economy

to hither and to yon.

Working hard beside her man

she feeds her family.

She makes investments, buys and sells,

yes, independently.

Sound in body, sound in mind.

Her lamp stays on at night.

Her skillset is both deep and wide.

She aids the needy’s plight.

She isn’t worried when it snows,

her household is well clothed.

Her man takes part in civic life

and governs ‘mong the old.

Clothed with strength and dignity,

she laughs at days ahead.

She isn’t absent from her home.

She eats no idle bread.

She speaks with wise and faithful words.

Her children call her blessed.

Her husband tells her, in his eyes,

she ‘passes all the rest!

It matters not if she be fair

for beauty wastes away.

It matters if she fears the Lord—

for that, she shall be praised!

Deserving to be honored for

the deeds she did in patience,

then praise her well, and let her be

well-known throughout the nations.

The husband should do his part, too,

but that’s another rhyme.

Right now we’ve focused on the wife

who’s very hard to find.

Can men like me have any hope

to find a woman true?

The dearth of “Proverbs 31s”

can make a guy feel blue.

But don’t forget, a wife like that

was hand-designed by God,

and He can do an encore, too,

as often as He wants.

Proverbs 31's "The Good Wife", NKJV version, at Bible Gateway, at this link.


~ Rak Chazak