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href="../proverbs/30.htm" title="Proverbs 30">◄</a> Proverbs 31 <a href="../ecclesiastes/1.htm" title="Ecclesiastes 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/proverbs/31.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Words of King Lemuel’s Mother</span></h3><p class="chapter-2"><span class="text Prov-31-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The words of King Lemuel, the utterance which his mother taught him:</span></p> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>What, my son?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-2">And what, son of my womb?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-2">And what, son of my vows?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Do not give your strength to women,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-3">Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><i>It is</i> not for kings, O Lemuel,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-4"><i>It is</i> not for kings to drink wine,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-4">Nor for princes intoxicating drink;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Lest they drink and forget the law,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-5">And pervert the justice of all <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>the afflicted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Give strong drink to him who is perishing,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-6">And wine to those who are bitter of heart.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Let him drink and forget his poverty,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-7">And remember his misery no more.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Open your mouth for the speechless,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-8">In the cause of all <i>who are</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>appointed to die.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Open your mouth, judge righteously,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-9">And plead the cause of the poor and needy.</span></p></div> <h3> The Virtuous Wife</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-31-10"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Who<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span> can find a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>virtuous wife?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-10">For her worth <i>is</i> far above rubies.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The heart of her husband safely trusts her;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-11">So he will have no lack of gain.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>She does him good and not evil</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-12">All the days of her life.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>She seeks wool and flax,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-13">And willingly works with her hands.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She is like the merchant ships,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-14">She brings her food from afar.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>She also rises while it is yet night,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-15">And provides food for her household,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-15">And a portion for her maidservants.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>She considers a field and buys it;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-16">From <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>her profits she plants a vineyard.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>She girds herself with strength,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-17">And strengthens her arms.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>She perceives that her merchandise <i>is</i> good,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-18">And her lamp does not go out by night.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>She stretches out her hands to the distaff,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-19">And her hand holds the spindle.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>She extends her hand to the poor,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-20">Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>She is not afraid of snow for her household,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-21">For all her household <i>is</i> clothed with scarlet.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>She makes tapestry for herself;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-22">Her clothing <i>is</i> fine linen and purple.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Her husband is known in the gates,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-23">When he sits among the elders of the land.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>She makes linen garments and sells <i>them,</i></span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-24">And supplies sashes for the merchants.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Strength and honor <i>are</i> her clothing;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-25">She shall rejoice in time to come.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>She opens her mouth with wisdom,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-26">And on her tongue <i>is</i> the law of kindness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>She watches over the ways of her household,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-27">And does not eat the bread of idleness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Her children rise up and call her blessed;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-28">Her husband <i>also,</i> and he praises her:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Many daughters have done well,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-29">But you excel them all.”</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Charm <i>is</i> deceitful and beauty <i>is</i> passing,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-30">But a woman <i>who</i> fears the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, she shall be praised.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/31-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Give her of the fruit of her hands,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-31-31">And let her own works praise her in the gates.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-17290a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 31:5">Proverbs 31:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>sons of affliction</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17293b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 31:8">Proverbs 31:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>sons of passing away</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17295c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 31:10">Proverbs 31:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Vv. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Prov.31.10-Prov.31.31" href="/passage/?search=Prov.31.10-Prov.31.31&version=NKJV">10–31</span> are an alphabetic acrostic in Hebrew; cf. <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Ps.119" href="/passage/?search=Ps.119&version=NKJV">Ps. 119</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17295d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 31:10">Proverbs 31:10</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>a wife of valor,</i> in the sense of all forms of excellence</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17301e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 31:16">Proverbs 31:16</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>the fruit of her hands</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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