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Proverbs Chapter 31

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Proverbs

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The chapter portrays a woman of great wisdom and strength who leads her household with fairness and generosity. She is praised for her ability to counsel and protect, and her example is seen as a model of virtue and leadership.

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(1) The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
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Proverbs 30:1Proverbs 1:8Proverbs 6:20II Timothy 1:5II Timothy 3:15

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Luke 12:53

(2) What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
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Isaiah 49:15I Samuel 1:11I Samuel 1:28

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Jeremiah 44:25

(3) Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 5:11Proverbs 7:26Proverbs 7:27Hosea 4:11Deuteronomy 17:17Nehemiah 13:26

(4) It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
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Leviticus 10:9Leviticus 10:10I Kings 20:12I Kings 20:16I Kings 20:17I Kings 20:18I Kings 20:19I Kings 20:20Esther 3:15Ecclesiastes 10:17Isaiah 28:7Isaiah 28:8

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Isaiah 28:7Numbers 6:3Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17Psalms 68:27Daniel 11:5

(5) Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
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Habakkuk 2:5

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Deuteronomy 4:9John 18:28Job 8:3Isaiah 49:15

(6) Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
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Psalms 104:15I Timothy 5:23I Samuel 1:10I Samuel 30:6II Kings 4:27

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Isaiah 28:7Numbers 6:3Matthew 9:17Mark 2:22Luke 5:37Haggai 2:4

(7) Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
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Ephesians 5:18

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Leviticus 26:42Job 11:16Isaiah 49:15

(8) Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
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Proverbs 24:7Proverbs 24:11Proverbs 24:12I Samuel 19:4I Samuel 19:5I Samuel 19:6I Samuel 19:7I Samuel 20:32I Samuel 22:14I Samuel 22:15Esther 4:13Esther 4:14

(9) Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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Proverbs 16:12Proverbs 20:8Leviticus 19:15Deuteronomy 1:16Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:20II Samuel 8:15Psalms 58:1Psalms 58:2Psalms 72:1Psalms 72:2

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Deuteronomy 15:11I Samuel 24:15Psalms 72:4Jeremiah 5:28Psalms 35:10Psalms 72:13

(10) Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
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Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 18:22Proverbs 19:14Ruth 3:11Ecclesiastes 7:28Song of Solomon 6:8Song of Solomon 6:9Ephesians 5:25Ephesians 5:26Ephesians 5:27Ephesians 5:28Ephesians 5:29

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Nehemiah 12:39Job 28:18Psalms 97:9John 3:31Ecclesiastes 8:17

(11) The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
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II Kings 4:9II Kings 4:10II Kings 4:22II Kings 4:23I Peter 3:1I Peter 3:2I Peter 3:3I Peter 3:4I Peter 3:5I Peter 3:6I Peter 3:7

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Romans 7:2

(12) She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
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I Samuel 25:18I Samuel 25:19I Samuel 25:20I Samuel 25:21I Samuel 25:22I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 25:27

(13) She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
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Genesis 18:6Genesis 18:7Genesis 18:8Genesis 24:13Genesis 24:14Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:19Genesis 24:20Genesis 29:9Genesis 29:10Exodus 2:16Ruth 2:2

(14) She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
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Proverbs 31:24I Kings 9:26I Kings 9:27I Kings 9:28II Chronicles 9:10Ezekiel 27:3Ezekiel 27:4Ezekiel 27:5Ezekiel 27:6Ezekiel 27:7Ezekiel 27:8Ezekiel 27:9

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Genesis 41:48Proverbs 30:33

(15) She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
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Joshua 3:1II Chronicles 36:15Psalms 119:147Psalms 119:148Ecclesiastes 9:10Mark 1:35Romans 12:11Matthew 24:25Luke 12:42

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II Kings 16:15Luke 12:42Ezekiel 45:7

(16) She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
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Joshua 15:18Song of Solomon 8:12Matthew 13:44

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Exodus 22:5Deuteronomy 22:9Leviticus 25:3Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9

(17) She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
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I Kings 18:46II Kings 4:29Job 38:3Luke 12:35Ephesians 6:10Ephesians 6:14I Peter 1:13Genesis 49:24Isaiah 44:12Hosea 7:15

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Isaiah 44:12

(18) She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
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Genesis 31:40Psalms 127:2Matthew 25:3Matthew 25:4Matthew 25:5Matthew 25:6Matthew 25:7Matthew 25:8Matthew 25:9Matthew 25:10I Thessalonians 2:9II Thessalonians 3:7

(19) She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
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Exodus 35:25Exodus 35:26

(20) She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
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Proverbs 1:24Romans 10:21Proverbs 19:17Proverbs 22:9Job 31:16Job 31:17Job 31:18Job 31:19Job 31:20Psalms 41:1Psalms 112:9Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Deuteronomy 15:11Psalms 35:10Psalms 72:13

(21) She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
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Proverbs 25:20Genesis 45:22

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Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6Joshua 2:18

(22) She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
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Proverbs 7:16Genesis 41:42Esther 5:1Esther 8:15Psalms 45:13Psalms 45:14Ezekiel 16:10Ezekiel 16:11Ezekiel 16:12Ezekiel 16:13I Peter 3:3

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Ezekiel 22:3

(23) Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
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Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 24:7Deuteronomy 16:18Deuteronomy 21:19Ruth 4:1Job 29:7

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Romans 7:2Revelation 21:13Nehemiah 13:19

(24) She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
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Proverbs 31:13Proverbs 31:19I Kings 10:28Ezekiel 27:16Luke 16:19

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Exodus 39:28Exodus 28:39Revelation 19:8Leviticus 16:4I Chronicles 15:27Ezekiel 16:13

(25) Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
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Job 29:14Job 40:10Psalms 132:9Psalms 132:16Isaiah 61:10Romans 13:14Ephesians 4:24I Timothy 2:10I Peter 5:5I Peter 5:6Psalms 97:11Psalms 97:12

(26) She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
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Proverbs 31:8Proverbs 31:9Judges 13:23I Samuel 25:24I Samuel 25:25I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 25:27I Samuel 25:28I Samuel 25:29I Samuel 25:30I Samuel 25:31II Samuel 20:16

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I Kings 4:30

(27) She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
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Proverbs 14:1I Thessalonians 4:11II Thessalonians 3:6I Timothy 5:10Titus 2:4

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II Kings 4:26Romans 14:3Romans 14:6

(28) Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
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Proverbs 31:1I Kings 2:19Psalms 116:16II Timothy 1:5II Timothy 3:15II Timothy 3:16II Timothy 3:17Song of Solomon 7:1Song of Solomon 7:2Song of Solomon 7:3Song of Solomon 7:4Song of Solomon 7:5

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Romans 7:2Psalms 72:17

(29) Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
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Song of Solomon 6:8Song of Solomon 6:9Ephesians 5:27

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Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55

(30) Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
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Proverbs 6:25Proverbs 11:22II Samuel 14:25Esther 1:11Esther 1:12Ezekiel 16:15James 1:11I Peter 1:24Proverbs 1:7Proverbs 8:13Exodus 1:17Exodus 1:18

(31) Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
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Proverbs 31:16Proverbs 11:30Psalms 128:2Matthew 7:16Matthew 7:20Romans 6:21Romans 6:22Philippians 4:17Mark 14:7Mark 14:8Mark 14:9Acts 9:39

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Revelation 21:13Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Matthew 12:33

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