“[The text] speaks of the church as a virtuous soul possessing the tree of knowledge and the tree of life. [The church possesses] knowledge as the law, and life as the Word. For she herself [is the church] who came out of the rib of Christ and was found by her bridegroom to be a woman of sound mind and strength, guardi…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — EXPOSITION ON PROVERBS, FRAGMENT 31:16
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16She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
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14She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
— Proverbs 31:16 —
17She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
18She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.