Douay Bible - Proverbs Chapter 31

Proverbs 31:1
The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.

Proverbs 31:2
What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?

Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

Proverbs 31:4
Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:

Proverbs 31:5
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

Proverbs 31:6
Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:

Proverbs 31:7
Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.

Proverbs 31:8
Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.

Proverbs 31:9
Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.

Proverbs 31:10
Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.

Proverbs 31:12
She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.

Proverbs 31:13
She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.

Proverbs 31:14
She is like the merchant’s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.

Proverbs 31:15
And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.

Proverbs 31:16
She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

Proverbs 31:17
She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.

Proverbs 31:18
She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

Proverbs 31:19
She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

Proverbs 31:20
She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.

Proverbs 31:21
She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for dl her domestics are clothed with double garments.

Proverbs 31:22
She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her covering.

Proverbs 31:23
Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

Proverbs 31:24
She made fine linen, and sold it, end delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.

Proverbs 31:25
Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.

Proverbs 31:26
She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.

Proverbs 31:27
She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.

Proverbs 31:28
Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.

Proverbs 31:29
Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.

Proverbs 31:30
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

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