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1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophe­cy that his moth­er taught him.
2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3 Give not thy strength unto wom­en, nor thy ways to that which de­stroyeth kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
5 Lest they drink, and for­get the law, and per­vert the judg­ment of any of the af­flict­ed.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to per­ish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and for­get his pover­ty, and re­mem­ber his mis­ery no more.
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are ap­point­ed to de­struc­tion.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righ­teous­ly, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
10 Who can find a vir­tu­ous wom­an? for her price is far above ru­bies.
11 The heart of her hus­band doth safe­ly trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and wor­keth will­ing­ly with her hands.
14 She is like the mer­chants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her house­hold, and a por­tion to her maid­ens.
16 She con­sid­ereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vine­yard.
17 She gird­eth her loins with strength, and strength­eneth her arms.
18 She per­ceiveth that her mer­chan­dise is good: her can­dle goeth not out by night.
19 She layeth her hands to the spin­dle, and her hands hold the distaff.
20 She stretch­eth out her hand to the poor; yea, she rea­cheth forth her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her house­hold: for all her house­hold are clothed with scar­let.
22 She maketh her­self cov­er­ings of tapestry; her cloth­ing is silk and pur­ple.
23 Her hus­band is known in the gates, when he sit­teth among the el­ders of the land.
24 She maketh fine linen, and sel­l­eth it; and de­liv­ereth gir­dles unto the mer­chant.
25 Strength and hon­our are her cloth­ing; and she shall re­joice in time to come.
26 She openeth her mouth with wis­dom; and in her tongue is the law of kind­ness.
27 She looketh well to the ways of her house­hold, and eateth not the bread of idle­ness.
28 Her chil­dren arise up, and call her blessed; her hus­band also, and he praiseth her.
29 Many daugh­ters have done vir­tu­ous­ly, but thou ex­cellest them all.
30 Favour is de­ceit­ful, and beau­ty is vain: but a wom­an that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.