Thematic Bible
Proverbs 31:1 (show verse)
The words of Lemuel the king, the lifting up which his mother will instruct him.
Proverbs 31:2 (show verse)
What, my son? and what the son of my womb? and what the son of my vows?
Proverbs 31:3 (show verse)
Thou shalt not give thy strength to women, and thy ways to the destroying of kings.
Proverbs 31:4 (show verse)
Not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink and for princes the desire of strong drink:
Proverbs 31:5 (show verse)
Lest he shall drink and forget what is prescribed, and change the judgment of all the sons of affliction.
Proverbs 31:6 (show verse)
Ye shall give strong drink to him perishing, and wine to the bitter of soul
Proverbs 31:7 (show verse)
He shall drink and forget his poverty, and shall no more remember his toil.
Proverbs 31:8 (show verse)
Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the judgment of all the sons of the surviving.
Proverbs 31:9 (show verse)
Open thy mouth; judge justly, and contend for the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:10 (show verse)
Who shall find a woman of virtue? for her price is far above pearls.
Proverbs 31:11 (show verse)
The heart of her husband trusted in her, and he shall not want spoil.
Proverbs 31:12 (show verse)
She rewarded him good and not evil all the days of her life.
Proverbs 31:13 (show verse)
She sought wool and flax, and she will work in delight with her hands.
Proverbs 31:14 (show verse)
She was as the ships of the merchant; from far off she will bring her bread.
Proverbs 31:15 (show verse)
She will rise while yet night, and she will give food to her house, and a portion to her girls.
Proverbs 31:16 (show verse)
She purposed a field, and he will take it: from the fruit of her hands she planted a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:17 (show verse)
She girded her loins with strength, and she will strengthen her arms.
Proverbs 31:18 (show verse)
She tasted that her traffic is good: her light will not go out by night
Proverbs 31:19 (show verse)
She sent forth her hands upon the spindle, and her hands take hold of the whirl.
Proverbs 31:20 (show verse)
She spread forth her hands to the poor, and sent forth her hands to the needy.
Proverbs 31:21 (show verse)
She will not fear for her house from snow, for all her house put on double.
Proverbs 31:22 (show verse)
She made for herself coverings; byssus and purple her clothing.
Proverbs 31:23 (show verse)
Her husband was known in the gates, in his sitting with the old men of the land.
Proverbs 31:24 (show verse)
She made the under garment., and she will sell; and she gave a girdle to the Canaanite.
Proverbs 31:25 (show verse)
Strength and ornament her clothing; and she will laugh to the last day.
Proverbs 31:26 (show verse)
She opened her mouth in wisdom, and the law of mercy upon her tongue.
Proverbs 31:27 (show verse)
She viewed the goings of her house, and the bread of sloth she will not eat
Proverbs 31:28 (show verse)
Her sons rose up and they will call her happy; her husband, and he will praise her.
Proverbs 31:29 (show verse)
Many daughters did virtue, and thou wentest up over all of them.
Proverbs 31:30 (show verse)
Favor a falsehood, and beauty vanity: a woman fearing Jehovah, she shall be praised.
Proverbs 31:31 (show verse)
Ye shall give her from the fruit of her hands, and her works shall praise her in the gates.