Proverbs 31:1
The wordes of king Lamuel, and the lesson that his mother taught him.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Proverbs 30:1And the prophecie that the same man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel and Uchal.
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 →