Proverbs 31:1
Words of Lemuel, a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2“What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, || And do not leave the law of your mother,
Proverbs 30:1Words of Agur, son of Jakeh, the burden, a declaration of the man to Ithiel—to Ithiel and Ucal: I have wearied myself [for] God, || I have wearied myself [for] God, and am consumed.
2 Timothy 3:15and because you have known the Holy Writings from infancy, which are able to make you wise—to salvation, through faith that [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 →