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Proverbs 31 NASB 1995
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align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NASB 1995</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/proverbs/31.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><font color="#000000"><b><i>The Words of Lemuel</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>The words of King Lemuel, the oracle which his mother taught him:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>What, O my son?<br> And what, O son of my womb?<br> And what, O son of my vows?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Do not give your strength to women,<br> Or your ways to that which destroys kings.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>It is not for kings, O Lemuel,<br> It is not for kings to drink wine,<br> Or for rulers to desire strong drink,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>For they will drink and forget what is decreed,<br> And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Give strong drink to him who is perishing,<br> And wine to him whose life is bitter.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Let him drink and forget his poverty<br> And remember his trouble no more.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Open your mouth for the mute,<br> For the rights of all the unfortunate.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Open your mouth, judge righteously,<br> And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.<p> <font size="1"><br><br></font><font color="#000000"><b><i>Description of a Worthy Woman</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>An excellent wife, who can find?<br> For her worth is far above jewels.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>The heart of her husband trusts in her,<br> And he will have no lack of gain.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>She does him good and not evil<br> All the days of her life.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>She looks for wool and flax<br> And works with her hands in delight.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>She is like merchant ships;<br> She brings her food from afar.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>She rises also while it is still night<br> And gives food to her household<br> And portions to her maidens.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>She considers a field and buys it;<br> From her earnings she plants a vineyard.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>She girds herself with strength<br> And makes her arms strong.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>She senses that her gain is good;<br> Her lamp does not go out at night.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>She stretches out her hands to the distaff,<br> And her hands grasp the spindle.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>She extends her hand to the poor,<br> And she stretches out her hands to the needy.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>She is not afraid of the snow for her household,<br> For all her household are clothed with scarlet.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>She makes coverings for herself;<br> Her clothing is fine linen and purple.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>Her husband is known in the gates,<br> When he sits among the elders of the land.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>She makes linen garments and sells <i>them,</i><br> And supplies belts to the tradesmen.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Strength and dignity are her clothing,<br> And she smiles at the future.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>She opens her mouth in wisdom,<br> And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>She looks well to the ways of her household,<br> And does not eat the bread of idleness.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Her children rise up and bless her;<br> Her husband <i>also,</i> and he praises her, <i>saying:</i><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>“Many daughters have done nobly,<br> But you excel them all.”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,<br> <i>But</i> a woman who fears the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, she shall be praised.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>Give her the product of her hands,<br> And let her works praise her in the gates.<br><p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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