Proverbs 31:1

The devarim of Lemuel Melech, 1 the massa (burden, oracle) that immo taught him. 1

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In The King James Version

The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

In Context

2What, my bar (son)? + 31:2 See Ps 2:12 And what, the bar of my womb? 1 And what, the bar of my nedarim (vows)? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:8Beni (my son), hear the musar Avicha, 1 and forsake not the Torat Immecha. 1

Proverbs 30:1The devarim of Agur Ben Yakeh, even the massa; the gever (man) spoke unto Itiel, even unto Itiel and Ukhal: 1

2 Timothy 3:15And that from infancy you have known the Kitvei HaKodesh, which are able to make you chacham with a view to Yeshu'at Eloheynu through emunah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

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 →

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