Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lamuel. The vision by which his mother instructed him:
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In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2“What, O my beloved? What, O beloved of my womb? What, O beloved of my vows?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother,
Proverbs 30:1The words of the Gatherer, the son of the Vomiter. The vision that the man spoke. God is with him, and he, being strengthened by God and abiding with him, said:
2 Timothy 3:15And, from your infancy, you have known the Sacred Scriptures, which are able to instruct you toward salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:1
This chapter is added to Solomon's proverbs, some think because it is of the same author, supposing king Lemuel to be king Solomon; others only because it is of the same nature, though left in writing by another author, called Lemuel; however it be, it is a prophecy, and therefore given by inspiration and direction of God, which Lemuel was under in the writing of it, and putting it into this form, as his mother was in dictating to him the matter of it. Here is, I. An exhortation to Lemuel, a young prince, to take… Read the whole commentary →