DRC - Proverbs - 31

31:1  The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.

31:2  What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?

31:3  Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

31:4  Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

31:5  And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

31:6  Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

31:7  Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

31:8  Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

31:9  Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

31:10  Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

31:11  The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.

31:12  She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life.

31:13  She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

31:14  She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.

31:15  And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.

31:16  She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

31:17  She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

31:18  She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

31:19  She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

31:20  She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.

31:21  She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.

31:22  She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple, is her covering.

31:23  Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

31:24  She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.

31:25  Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.

31:26  She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.

31:27  She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

31:28  Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.

31:29  Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.

31:30  Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

31:31  Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.