1THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL: The prophecie which his mother taught him.

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Proverbs 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:5, Proverbs 6:20, 2 Timothy 1:5, Proverbs 1:8

2What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!

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Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 49:15, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:28

3Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.

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Nehemiah 13:26, Deuteronomy 17:17, Nehemiah 13:26, Deuteronomy 17:17, Proverbs 7:26

4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

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Proverbs 20:1, Proverbs 20:1, Ecclesiastes 10:17, Isaiah 5:22, Ecclesiastes 10:17

5Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

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Habakkuk 2:5, Habakkuk 2:5

6Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart.

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1 Timothy 5:23, 1 Timothy 5:23, Psalms 104:15, Psalms 104:15, 1 Samuel 1:10

7Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.

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Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:18

8Open thy mouth for the domme in the cause of all the children of destruction.

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Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Psalms 82:3, Psalms 82:4, Proverbs 24:11

9Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

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Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:17, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12, Leviticus 19:15

10Who shall finde a vertuous woman? for her price is farre aboue the pearles.

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Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 18:22

11The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall haue no neede of spoyle.

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1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:7, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:7, 2 Kings 4:22

12She will doe him good, and not euill all the dayes of her life.

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1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 25:22, 1 Samuel 25:26

13She seeketh wooll and flaxe, and laboureth cheerefully with her handes.

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Titus 2:5, Titus 2:5, 1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:10

14She is like the shippes of marchants: shee bringeth her foode from afarre.

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Proverbs 31:24, 1 Kings 9:26, 1 Kings 9:28, Ezekiel 27:3, Ezekiel 27:36

15And she riseth, whiles it is yet night: and giueth the portion to her houshold, and the ordinarie to her maides.

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Romans 12:11, Romans 12:11, Proverbs 20:13, Mark 1:35, Luke 12:42

16She considereth a field, and getteth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde.

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Matthew 13:44, Matthew 13:44, Song of Solomon 8:12, Song of Solomon 8:12, Joshua 15:18

17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and strengtheneth her armes.

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Job 38:3, Job 38:3, Ephesians 6:10, 1 Peter 1:13, Ephesians 6:10

18She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.

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1 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, Matthew 25:3, Matthew 25:10, Matthew 25:3

19She putteth her handes to the wherue, and her handes handle the spindle.

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Exodus 35:25, Exodus 35:26, Exodus 35:25, Exodus 35:26

20She stretcheth out her hand to the poore, and putteth foorth her hands to the needie.

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Ephesians 4:28, Ephesians 4:28, Hebrews 13:16, Hebrews 13:16, Proverbs 19:17

21She feareth not the snowe for her familie: for all her familie is clothed with skarlet.

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Genesis 45:22, Genesis 45:22, 2 Samuel 1:24, Proverbs 25:20, 2 Samuel 1:24

22She maketh her selfe carpets: fine linen and purple is her garment.

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Revelation 19:8, Revelation 19:8, Genesis 41:42, Proverbs 7:16, Genesis 41:42

23Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.

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Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 12:4, Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:1, Deuteronomy 16:18

24She maketh sheetes, and selleth them, and giueth girdels vnto the marchant.

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Ezekiel 27:16, Ezekiel 27:16, Judges 14:12, Luke 16:19, Proverbs 31:19

25Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce.

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Job 40:10, Romans 13:14, Job 40:10, Romans 13:14, Ephesians 4:24

26She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and the lawe of grace is in her tongue.

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Proverbs 16:24, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 16:24, Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 10:31

27She ouerseeth the wayes of her housholde, and eateth not the bread of ydlenes.

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1 Timothy 5:10, 1 Timothy 5:10, Titus 2:4, Titus 2:4, Proverbs 14:1

28Her children rise vp, and call her blessed: her husband also shall prayse her, saying,

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2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:17, 2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:17, 2 Timothy 1:5

29Many daughters haue done vertuously: but thou surmountest them all.

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Song of Solomon 6:8, Song of Solomon 6:9, Song of Solomon 6:8, Song of Solomon 6:9, Ephesians 5:27

30Fauour is deceitfull, and beautie is vanitie: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praysed.

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1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 3:5, 1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 3:5, Proverbs 1:7

31Giue her of the fruite of her hands, and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

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Psalms 128:2, Psalms 128:2, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:10, Revelation 14:13