<P> for the rights of all who are destitute . </P> <P> 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy . </P> <P> The 10th to 31st verses of the chapter are called Eshet Ḥayil (אשת חיל, woman of valor). It is a praise of the good wife, a definition of a perfect wife or "ideal woman" in Judaism . This "Woman of Valor" has been described as the personification of wisdom, or in some sense as a description of a particular class of Women in Israel, Persia, or in Hellenistic society . It is one of the thirteen alphabetical acrostic poems in the Bible . Traditionally, the Eisheth Ḥayil was viewed as written by King Solomon and many prominent theologians continue to hold this belief . However there is a more recent branch of critical scholarship which suggests it was added to Proverbs later . </P> <P> This chapter is recited on Friday night before Shabbat dinner in some Jewish homes . Some see this as a praise directed from the husband to his wife . It has also been suggested that the son in Proverbs 31 is Solomon, receiving advice from Bathsheba, herself the wife of King David . </P>

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