Proverbs - Chapter 31 | Good News Translation

  • 1. These are the solemn words which King Lemuel's mother said to him:
  • 2. "You are my own dear son, the answer to my prayers. What shall I tell you?
  • 3. Don't spend all your energy on sex and all your money on women; they have destroyed kings.
  • 4. Listen, Lemuel. Kings should not drink wine or have a craving for alcohol.
  • 5. When they drink, they forget the laws and ignore the rights of people in need.
  • 6. Alcohol is for people who are dying, for those who are in misery.
  • 7. Let them drink and forget their poverty and unhappiness.
  • 8. "Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless.
  • 9. Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
  • 10. How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels!
  • 11. Her husband puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor.
  • 12. As long as she lives, she does him good and never harm.
  • 13. She keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth.
  • 14. She brings home food from out-of-the-way places, as merchant ships do.
  • 15. She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and to tell her servant women what to do.
  • 16. She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.
  • 17. She is a hard worker, strong and industrious.
  • 18. She knows the value of everything she makes, and works late into the night.
  • 19. She spins her own thread and weaves her own cloth.
  • 20. She is generous to the poor and needy.
  • 21. She doesn't worry when it snows, because her family has warm clothing.
  • 22. She makes bedspreads and wears clothes of fine purple linen.
  • 23. Her husband is well known, one of the leading citizens.
  • 24. She makes clothes and belts, and sells them to merchants.
  • 25. She is strong and respected and not afraid of the future.
  • 26. She speaks with a gentle wisdom.
  • 27. She is always busy and looks after her family's needs.
  • 28. Her children show their appreciation, and her husband praises her.
  • 29. He says, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all."
  • 30. Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the LORD should be praised.
  • 31. Give her credit for all she does. She deserves the respect of everyone.
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