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Proverbs 31:1 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 31 · verse 1
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.Proverbs 31:1 · King James Version
Proverbs 31:1 in context
1The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- prophecymassâʼa burdenH4853 →
- LemuelLᵉmûwʼêlLemuel or Lemoel, a symbolic name of SolomonH3927 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
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Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (Sa2 12:25), Jedediah - beloved of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9