Proverbs 31:1
These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Proverbs 30:1These are the words of Agur son of Jakeh—the burden that this man declared to Ithiel: “I am weary, O God, and worn out.
2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith 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 →