Proverbs 31 never told women to be small Scripture never asked women to shrink their ambitions, it portrayed a husband confident enough to celebrate them. Gender 15 min ago

And often, it is exactly this kind of man who reaches for Proverbs 31 when tension builds at home, telling his wife to be humbler, more submissive, more like ‘a good wife should be’, while conveniently skipping the part where that same woman owns land and runs a business of her own.

They are simply building something together, which, if the actual text is read properly, is exactly what Proverbs 31 was describing all along, a woman fully capable, fully visible, and a husband secure enough to be proud of her instead of threatened by her.

What you need to know: Proverbs 31 has been softened over time, and the ambitious, wealth-building woman in it got left out.