drb - 31

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

drb@Proverbs:31:21 @She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for dl her domestics are clothed with double garments

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

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

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

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

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

drb@Proverbs:31:27 @She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

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

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

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

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

Proverbs 31