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1The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:[#Prov 30.1]
2No, my son! No, son of my womb![#Isa 49.15]
No, son of my vows!
3Do not give your strength to women,[#Deut 17.17; 1 Kings 11.1; Neh 13.26; Prov 5.9]
your ways to those who destroy kings.
4It is not for kings, O Lemuel,[#Prov 20.1; Eccl 10.17; Hos 4.11]
it is not for kings to drink wine
or for rulers to desire strong drink,
5lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
6Give strong drink to one who is perishing
and wine to those in bitter distress;
7let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
8Speak out for those who cannot speak,[#Job 29.12–17]
for the rights of all the destitute.
9Speak out; judge righteously;[#Lev 19.15; Deut 1.16]
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
10A woman of strength who can find?[#Prov 12.4; 19.14]
She is far more precious than jewels.
11The heart of her husband trusts in her,
and he will have no lack of gain.
12She does him good and not harm
all the days of her life.
13She seeks wool and flax[#vv 21–24]
and works with willing hands.
14She is like the ships of the merchant;
she brings her food from far away.
15She rises while it is still night[#Lk 12.42; Rom 12.11]
and provides food for her household
and tasks for her female servants.
16She considers a field and buys it;
with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
17She girds herself with strength
and makes her arms strong.
18She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle.
20She opens her hand to the poor[#Eph 4.28; Heb 13.16]
and reaches out her hands to the needy.
21She is not afraid for her household when it snows,[#2 Sam 1.24]
for all her household are clothed in crimson.
22She makes herself coverings;
her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23Her husband is known in the city gates,[#Ruth 4.1, 11; Prov 12.4]
taking his seat among the elders of the land.
24She makes linen garments and sells them;
she supplies the merchant with sashes.
25Strength and dignity are her clothing,[#v 17]
and she laughs at the time to come.
26She opens her mouth with wisdom,[#Prov 10.31]
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27She looks well to the ways of her household[#Prov 19.15]
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
28Her children rise up and call her happy;
her husband, too, and he praises her:
29“Many women have done excellently,[#Prov 12.4]
but you surpass them all.”
30Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,[#Prov 6.25; 22.4]
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
31Give her a share in the fruit of her hands,
and let her works praise her in the city gates.