# Proverbs 31

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/31

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. The words of Lemuel, a king, the oracle that his mother taught him:
2. What should I tell you, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?
3. Do not spend your strength on women or your ways on those who ruin kings.
4. It is not fitting for kings, Lemuel, not fitting for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to ask, “Where is the beer?”
5. otherwise he will drink and forget what is decreed and twist the cause of all the afflicted.
6. Give beer to someone who is about to perish, and wine to those bitter in soul;
7. let him drink and forget how poor he is, and remember his trouble no longer.
8. Open your mouth for the voiceless, for the cause of all who are vulnerable.
9. Open your mouth, give righteous judgment, and uphold the cause of the poor and the needy.
10. A capable wife—who can find her? Her price is far beyond pearls.
11. Her husband’s heart relies on her, and he will never be without gain.
12. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
13. She seeks out wool and flax and works them with eager hands.
14. She is like a merchant’s ships; from far off she brings her food.
15. She rises while it is still night; she gives food to her household and a portion to her young women.
16. She has a field in view and acquires it; she plants a vineyard with what her hands have produced.
17. She belts strength around her waist and makes her arms firm.
18. She senses that her business is good; her lamp stays lit through the night.
19. She sets her hands to the distaff, and her palms hold the spindle.
20. She spreads open her palm to the poor and stretches out her hands to the needy.
21. She has no fear of snow for her household, because everyone in her household is dressed in scarlet.
22. She makes bedcovers for herself; she is dressed in fine linen and purple.
23. Her husband is well known at the gates, where he sits with the elders of the land.
24. She makes linen clothing and sells it, and she provides belts to the traders.
25. Strength and splendor are her garments, and she laughs at the days ahead.
26. Her mouth opens with wisdom, and kind instruction is on her tongue.
27. She keeps an eye on the ways of her household and never eats the bread of laziness.
28. Her children rise and speak of her as blessed; her husband does too, and he praises her:
29. “Many women have acted capably, but you have risen above them all.”
30. Charm is false and beauty is a passing breath, but a woman who fears Yahweh is the one who will be praised.
31. Give her a share of what her hands have produced, and let her own deeds praise her at the gates.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 30](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/30.md)
[Ecclesiastes 1](https://www.lumin.faith/read/ecclesiastes/1.md)

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