Proverbs 31:14


She is like the merchant ships [abounding with treasure];
She brings her [household’s] food from far away.

1 Kings 9:26-28

King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 9:10

The servants of Huram and those of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought almug trees and precious stones.

Proverbs 31:24


She makes [fine] linen garments and sells them;
And supplies sashes to the merchants.

Ezekiel 27:3-36

and say to Tyre, who lives at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’

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Summary

She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 31:24

She makes [fine] linen garments and sells them;
And supplies sashes to the merchants.
1 Kings 9:26
King Solomon built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds), in the land of Edom.
2 Chronicles 9:10
The servants of Huram and those of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought almug trees and precious stones.
Ezekiel 27:3
and say to Tyre, who lives at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, ‘Thus says the Lord God,

“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’