I suggest that "his mother taught him" confirms my point that the description was given to a man. Verse 31, the only prescription of the section, is directed to a man, and is corrective of the previous description, where the woman toiled tirelessly for others while her husband gained all the notoriety in the gates. The text instructs the man to let his good wife enjoy the fruit of her hands as much as others, and to give her due respect and recognition for her own works.

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"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."