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1 - The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.

2 - What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?

3 - Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

4 - Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

5 - And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

6 - Give strong drink to them that are sad; and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

7 - Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

8 - Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

9 - Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

10 - Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

11 - The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.

12 - She will render him good, and not evil all the days of her life.

13 - She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

14 - She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.

15 - And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.

16 - She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

17 - She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

18 - She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

19 - She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

20 - She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.

21 - She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments.

22 - She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple, is her covering.

23 - Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

24 - She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.

25 - Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.

26 - She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.

27 - She hath looked well on the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

28 - Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.

29 - Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.

30 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

31 - Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.