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\c 31
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\v 1 The words of King Lemuel—an instruction his mother taught him.
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\q
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\v 2 What, my son? What is it, son of my womb?
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\q What do you want, son of my vows?
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\q
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\v 3 Do not give your strength to women,
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\q or your ways to those who destroy kings.
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\q
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\v 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine,
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\q or for rulers to crave strong drink,
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\v 5 because when they drink they forget what has been decreed,
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\q and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
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\v 6 Give strong drink to a person who is perishing
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\q and wine to those in bitter distress.
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\v 7 He will drink and he will forget his poverty
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\q and he will not remember his trouble.
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\v 8 Speak for those who cannot speak,
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\q for the causes of all who are perishing.
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\v 9 Speak out and judge by the measure of what is right
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\q and plead the cause of poor and needy people.
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\v 10 Who can find a capable wife?
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\q Her value is far more than jewels.
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\v 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
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\q and he will never be poor.
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\v 12 She does good things for him and not evil
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\q all the days of her life.
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\v 13 She selects wool and flax,
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\q and works with the delight of her hands.
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\v 14 She is like the merchant ships;
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\q she brings her food from far away.
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\v 15 She rises while it is night
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\q and gives food to her household,
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\q and she distributes the work for her female servants.
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\v 16 She considers a field and buys it,
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\q with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
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\v 17 She dresses herself with strength
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\q and makes her arms strong.
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\v 18 She perceives what will make a good profit for her;
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\q all night long her lamp is not extinguished.
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\v 19 She puts her hands on the spindle,
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\q and she holds the twisting thread.
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\v 20 She reaches out with her hand to poor people;
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\q she reaches out with her hands to needy people.
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\v 21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
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\q for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
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\v 22 She makes coverings for her bed,
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\q and she wears clothes of fine purple linen.
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\v 23 Her husband is known at the gates,
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\q when he sits with the elders of the land.
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\v 24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
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\q and she supplies sashes to the merchants.
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\v 25 She is clothed with strength and honor,
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\q and she laughs at the time to come.
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\v 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom
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\q and the law of kindness is on her tongue.
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\v 27 She watches over the ways of her household
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\q and does not eat the bread of idleness.
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\v 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed,
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\q and her husband praises her, saying,
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\v 29 "Many women have done well,
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\q but you surpassed them all."
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\v 30 Elegance is deceptive, beauty is vain,
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\q but a woman who fears Yahweh, she will be praised.
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\q
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\v 31 Give her the fruit of her hands
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\q and let her works praise her in the gates.
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