Proverbs 31:1
These are sayings/messages that God gave to King Lemuel’s mother, and which his mother taught him:
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2You are my son; I gave birth to you [RHQ]; you are the son that God gave me in answer to my prayers.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8My son, pay attention to what I, your father, am teaching you. And do not reject what your mother teaches you.
Proverbs 30:1These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. Agur wrote them for Ithiel and Ucal.
2 Timothy 3:15From the time when you were a child you have known the holy writings/Scriptures. You now know that they enabled you to become wise so that God saved you because of your believing 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 →