Proverbs 31:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

Proverbs 31:1 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
2 Timothy 1:5
When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Proverbs 1:8
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
2 Timothy 3:15
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 30:1
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-9)

Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment, was given to Solomon (2 Sam. 12:25), Jedediah—beloved of the Lord. Lemuel is supposed to be a pretty, fond, endearing name, by which his mother used to call him; and so much did he value himself upon…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Pr 31:1-31. 1. On the title of this, the sixth part of the book, see Introduction. prophecy--(See on Pr 30:1).