Proverbs 31:1

¹The sayings of King Lemuel contain this message, which his mother taught him.

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Proverbs 31 closes the book with two distinct but connected portraits: the wise instruction of a mother to her royal son, and the famous poem about a capable wife. The chapter moves from the dangers of power (wine, women, injustice) to the beauty of faithful, productive wisdom em

References· Proverbs 31

a: v.3 — Deuteronomy 17:17, Nehemiah 13:26, Proverbs 7:26-27, Proverbs 5:9-11, 1 Kings 11:1, Hosea 4:11
b: v.4 — Proverbs 20:1, Isaiah 5:22, Ecclesiastes 10:17, Hosea 4:11-12, 1 Kings 20:16-20, Habakkuk 2:5, Isaiah 28:7-8, Esther 3:15, Hosea 7:3-5, Daniel 5:2-4
c: v.8 — Psalms 82:3-4, Proverbs 24:11-12, Esther 4:13-16, Jeremiah 26:24, Jeremiah 38:7-10, Job 29:12-17, Jeremiah 26:16-19, John 7:51, Psalms 79:11, 1 Samuel 19:4-7
d: v.9 — Isaiah 1:17, Amos 5:11-12, Leviticus 19:15, Job 29:15-16, Deuteronomy 1:16, Jeremiah 22:3, Daniel 4:27, Proverbs 16:12, Jeremiah 5:28, Isaiah 1:23
e: v.10 — Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 18:22, Ephesians 5:25-33, Proverbs 3:15, Song of Solomon 6:8-9, Ruth 3:11, Proverbs 20:15, Ecclesiastes 7:28, Proverbs 8:11
f: v.11 — 1 Peter 3:1-7
g: v.22 — Revelation 19:8, Genesis 41:42, Proverbs 7:16, Judges 8:26, Revelation 19:14, Ezekiel 16:10-13, Esther 8:15, 1 Peter 3:3, Psalms 45:13-14, Esther 5:1
h: v.25 — Job 40:10, Romans 13:14, Isaiah 61:10, Ephesians 4:24, Job 29:14, 1 Peter 5:5-6, 1 Timothy 2:10, Psalms 97:11-12, Psalms 132:9, Isaiah 65:13-14
i: v.26 — Ephesians 4:29, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 10:31, Proverbs 12:18, Colossians 4:5, 1 Peter 3:4-5, Proverbs 31:8-9, 1 Peter 3:8-9, Malachi 2:6, Judges 13:23
j: v.27 — 1 Timothy 5:10, Titus 2:4, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, Proverbs 14:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:11
k: v.28 — 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Timothy 1:5, 1 Kings 2:19, Proverbs 31:1, Psalms 116:16, Isaiah 62:4-5, Song of Solomon 7:1-9
l: v.29 — Song of Solomon 6:8-9, Ephesians 5:27
m: v.30 — Proverbs 1:7, 1 Peter 3:4-5, Proverbs 11:22, Proverbs 8:13, 1 Peter 1:24, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Esther 1:11-12, Psalms 147:11, 1 Peter 1:7, Proverbs 6:25
n: v.31 — Psalms 128:2, Hebrews 6:10, Matthew 7:16, Revelation 14:13, Romans 16:1-4, Philippians 4:17, Proverbs 11:30, Proverbs 31:16, 1 Timothy 5:25, Mark 14:7-9

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