Marry an Amazon

(Proverbs 31:10 KJV)  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

It would seem to be that a “virtuous” (excellent NASB) (2842) “woman” (wife NASB) (802) is really hard to find.  We just reached 40 years of marriage.  Sometimes my wife will ask me if I would do it all again and I ask her if she has looked at what is available out there.  There are very few worthy candidates for wife or husband.  I am glad I am not looking.

An interesting thing about this adjective.  The most common translation is “army” (82x).  Next comes “valiant” (41x) and the third is “wealth” (25x).  Maybe the Amazons of the video games are the real perfect wives.

I would assume that the same idea extends toward finding a good husband also. 

So?  If you can’t find a good woman then listen to Solomon.  He had hundreds of wives and still says a good one is hard to find.