It's interesting to me that the final chapter of Proverbs is chapter 31, that all the instruction

given sort of climaxes at this point.

And what you have in chapter 31 is the final lesson from a parent to a child.

Here is a Jewish mother who taught her son how to pick a woman.

Thank you. Here is a Jewish mother who taught her son how to pick a woman. Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

Maybe you've wondered, am I ever going to be the wife God wants me to be? Or if the right man comes along,

would he see me as the right sort of potential spouse? Perhaps you're a single man who wants to be

married. What kind of woman should you pursue? Or maybe you're already married and you want to know

how you should be

encouraging your wife for her blessing and for the blessing of your family. No matter which category

describes you, the good news is the Lord has provided the blueprint for excellence. Proverbs

chapter 31. John MacArthur looks there today on Grace to You. It's an appropriate topic

with Mother's Day this weekend, and the title of John's study, God's Design for a Successful

Woman. And now here is John with today's lesson. I would draw your attention if I might to

Proverbs chapter 31. Proverbs chapter 31, to look together at the

Word of God and its instruction on the subject of an excellent wife. You know, it's amazing how

our society has changed in its perception of a woman and her role. And I don't mean that it has changed over the several thousand years

since Proverbs 31 was written,

but it seems to me that it has changed in the last 20 or 30 years.

It seems to me that at least in my own lifetime,

there was a portion of my life in which our society

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