Proverbs Chapter 31
An exhortation to chastity, temperance, and works of mercy; with the praise of a wise woman.
31:1. The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
Lamuel. . .This name signifies God with him, and is supposed to have been one of the names of Solomon.
31:2. What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
31:3. Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
31:4. Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
31:5. And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
31:6. Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
31:7. Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.