Proverbs 31:1
THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL: The prophecie which his mother taught him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.
Proverbs 30:1THE WORDS OF AGUR THE SONNE OF JAKEH. The prophecie which ye man spake vnto Ithiel, euen to Ithiel, and Vcal.
2 Timothy 3:15And that thou hast knowen the holy Scriptures of a childe, which are able to make thee wise vnto saluation, through the faith which is in Christ Iesus.
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 →