Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother :
Proverbs 30:1The words of Gatherer the son of Vomiter. The vision which the man spoke with whom God is, and who being strengthened by God, abiding with him, said:
2 Timothy 3:15And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by 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 →