Proverbs 31:1
My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, 1 And reject not the rules of thy mother. 1
Proverbs 30:1These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.
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 →