Lakella Davenport
“And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, who touched my clothes?” Mark 5:30 KJV
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
Esther used her virtue as a Queen to save the whole Jewish nation in Shushan from genocide from the evil vices of Haman, an enemy of the Jews.
The story of Esther takes place in Shushan.
Shushan was located in Western Iran.
Ahasuerus was the Persian king that married Esther.
According to Esther chapter one verse one, “Ahasuerus reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces.”
Ruth, another notable woman of virtue in the Bible, saved herself and her mother-in-law from starvation and death during a time of famine.
She was a Moabitess that chose to convert to Judaism when she chose to follow her mother-in-law Naomi back to Bethlehem of Judea.
She chose to serve Naomi’s God, the Hebrew God Jehovah.
Ruth was virtuous in that she gleaned in the fields of Boaz for both herself and her mother-in-law, Naomi.
She used her virtue to feed both of them.
She literally saved Naomi’s life.
The last virtuous woman in the Bible, I would like to mention is Rahab.
You might ask how is Rahab virtuous, when she was a harlot, a prostitute? She lacked Esther and Ruth’s piety and innocence.
But what she had in common with them both was virtue.
She had a special kind of virtue.
She held the virtue or power to save lives just like her spiritual sisters Esther and Ruth.
Her actions toward the two spies who had been sent to spy out the land of Jericho speak volumes about her moral and beneficial character.
Her kindness is an act of virtue (see Joshua chapter 2).
She used her virtue to save the lives of the two Hebrew spies.
These three were without a doubt, Proverbs 31, virtuous women.
“She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness,” (Proverbs 31: 26).
These women truly had the spirit of power, love, and a sound mind.
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