# Daily Bible Reading | Proverbs 31

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# ***PROVERBS 31***

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*The Words of King Lemuel*

\[1\] The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him:

\[2\] What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb?

What are you doing, son of my vows?

\[3\] Do not give your strength to women,

your ways to those who destroy kings.

\[4\] It is not for kings, O Lemuel,

it is not for kings to drink wine,

or for rulers to take strong drink,

\[5\] lest they drink and forget what has been decreed

and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

\[6\] Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,

and wine to those in bitter distress;

\[7\] let them drink and forget their poverty

and remember their misery no more.

\[8\] Open your mouth for the mute,

for the rights of all who are destitute.

\[9\] Open your mouth, judge righteously,

defend the rights of the poor and needy.

*The Woman Who Fears the LORD*

\[10\] An excellent wife who can find?

She is far more precious than jewels.

\[11\] The heart of her husband trusts in her,

and he will have no lack of gain.

\[12\] She does him good, and not harm,

all the days of her life.

\[13\] She seeks wool and flax,

and works with willing hands.

\[14\] She is like the ships of the merchant;

she brings her food from afar.

\[15\] She rises while it is yet night

and provides food for her household

and portions for her maidens.

\[16\] She considers a field and buys it;

with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.

\[17\] She dresses herself with strength

and makes her arms strong.

\[18\] She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.

Her lamp does not go out at night.

\[19\] She puts her hands to the distaff,

and her hands hold the spindle.

\[20\] She opens her hand to the poor

and reaches out her hands to the needy.

\[21\] She is not afraid of snow for her household,

for all her household are clothed in scarlet.

\[22\] She makes bed coverings for herself;

her clothing is fine linen and purple.

\[23\] Her husband is known in the gates

when he sits among the elders of the land.

\[24\] She makes linen garments and sells them;

she delivers sashes to the merchant.

\[25\] Strength and dignity are her clothing,

and she laughs at the time to come.

\[26\] She opens her mouth with wisdom,

and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

\[27\] She looks well to the ways of her household

and does not eat the bread of idleness.

\[28\] Her children rise up and call her blessed;

her husband also, and he praises her:

\[29\] “Many women have done excellently,

but you surpass them all.”

\[30\] Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,

but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

\[31\] Give her of the fruit of her hands,

and let her works praise her in the gates. (ESV)