Proverbs 31:1
The words of Lemuel the king,—the strain which was taught him by his mother:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
In Context
2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? aye what, the son of my vows?
Cross References
Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;
Proverbs 30:1The words of Agur, son of Jakeh, [even] the oracle,—The utterance of the man, for Ithiel, for Ithiel and Ucal.
2 Timothy 3:15And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which 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 →