1 Verba Lamuelis regis. Visio qua erudivit eum mater sua. 2 [Quid, dilecte mi? quid, dilecte uteri mei? quid, dilecte votorum meorum? 3 Ne dederis mulieribus substantiam tuam, et divitias tuas ad delendos reges. 4 Noli regibus, o Lamuel, noli regibus dare vinum, quia nullum secretum est ubi regnat ebrietas; 5 et ne forte bibant, et obliviscantur judiciorum, et mutent causam filiorum pauperis. 6 Date siceram mœrentibus, et vinum his qui amaro sunt animo. 7 Bibant, et obliviscantur egestatis suæ, et doloris sui non recordentur amplius. 8 Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt. 9 Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et pauperem.] 10 [Mulierem fortem quis inveniet? procul et de ultimis finibus pretium ejus. 11 Confidit in ea cor viri sui, et spoliis non indigebit. 12 Reddet ei bonum, et non malum, omnibus diebus vitæ suæ. 13 Quæsivit lanam et linum, et operata est consilia manuum suarum. 14 Facta est quasi navis institoris, de longe portans panem suum. 15 Et de nocte surrexit, deditque prædam domesticis suis, et cibaria ancillis suis. 16 Consideravit agrum, et emit eum; de fructu manuum suarum plantavit vineam. 17 Accinxit fortitudine lumbos suos, et roboravit brachium suum. 18 Gustavit, et vidit quia bona est negotiatio ejus; non extinguetur in nocte lucerna ejus. 19 Manum suam misit ad fortia, et digiti ejus apprehenderunt fusum. 20 Manum suam aperuit inopi, et palmas suas extendit ad pauperem. 21 Non timebit domui suæ a frigoribus nivis; omnes enim domestici ejus vestiti sunt duplicibus. 22 Stragulatam vestem fecit sibi; byssus et purpura indumentum ejus. 23 Nobilis in portis vir ejus, quando sederit cum senatoribus terræ. 24 Sindonem fecit, et vendidit, et cingulum tradidit Chananæo. 25 Fortitudo et decor indumentum ejus, et ridebit in die novissimo. 26 Os suum aperuit sapientiæ, et lex clementiæ in lingua ejus. 27 Consideravit semitas domus suæ, et panem otiosa non comedit. 28 Surrexerunt filii ejus, et beatissimam prædicaverunt; vir ejus, et laudavit eam. 29 Multæ filiæ congregaverunt divitias; tu supergressa es universas. 30 Fallax gratia, et vana est pulchritudo: mulier timens Dominum, ipsa laudabitur. 31 Date ei de fructu manuum suarum, et laudent eam in portis opera ejus.]
Proverbs 31 Clementine Vulgate
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A king whose words, taught him by his mother, are recorded in Proverbs 31.
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- 1 Proverbs 6:20; 2 Timothy 1:5; Proverbs 1:8; 2 Timothy 3:15; Proverbs 30:1
- 2 Isaiah 49:15; 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 1:28
- 3 Deuteronomy 17:17; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:26–27; Proverbs 5:9–11; 1 Kings 11:1
- 4 Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Isaiah 5:22; Hosea 4:11–12; Habakkuk 2:5
- 5 Habakkuk 2:5
- 6 1 Timothy 5:23; Psalm 104:15; 1 Samuel 1:10; Job 3:20; 2 Kings 4:27
- 7 Ephesians 5:18
- 8 Psalm 82:3–4; Proverbs 24:11–12; Jeremiah 38:7–10; Jeremiah 26:24; Esther 4:13–16
- 9 Isaiah 1:17; Amos 5:11–12; Leviticus 19:15; Job 29:15–16; Deuteronomy 1:16
- 10 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 12:4; Ephesians 5:25–33; Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 3:15
- 11 1 Peter 3:1–7
- 13 1 Timothy 5:10; Titus 2:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12; Acts 9:39–40; Ruth 2:23
- 14 Ezekiel 27:3–36; 1 Kings 9:26–28
- 15 Romans 12:11; Mark 1:35; Luke 12:42; Proverbs 20:13; Ecclesiastes 9:10
- 16 Matthew 13:44; Song of Songs 8:12; Joshua 15:18
- 17 Job 38:3; 1 Peter 1:13; Ephesians 6:10; Luke 12:35; Ephesians 6:14
- 18 1 Thessalonians 2:9; Matthew 25:3–10; Genesis 31:40; Psalm 127:2; 2 Thessalonians 3:7–9
- 19 Exodus 35:25–26
- 20 Ephesians 4:28; Hebrews 13:16; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 22:9; Romans 12:13
- 21 Genesis 45:22; Proverbs 25:20; 2 Samuel 1:24
- 22 Revelation 19:8; Proverbs 7:16; Genesis 41:42; Ezekiel 16:10–13; Esther 8:15
- 23 Proverbs 12:4; Ruth 4:1; Deuteronomy 16:18; Ruth 4:11; Job 29:7
- 24 Luke 16:19; Ezekiel 27:16; 1 Kings 10:28; Proverbs 31:19; Judges 14:12
- 25 Job 40:10; Romans 13:14; 1 Timothy 2:10; Ephesians 4:24; Job 29:14
- 26 Ephesians 4:29; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 10:31; Proverbs 12:18; Colossians 4:5
- 27 1 Timothy 5:10; Titus 2:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Proverbs 14:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:11
- 28 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; 1 Kings 2:19; Proverbs 31:1; Psalm 116:16
- 29 Song of Songs 6:8–9; Ephesians 5:27
- 30 Proverbs 1:7; 1 Peter 3:4–5; Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 8:13; 1 Peter 1:24
- 31 Psalm 128:2; Hebrews 6:10; Revelation 14:13; Matthew 7:16; Romans 16:1–4
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And mercy is in His tongue, therefore mercifully teacheth He the law, as it is said regarding wisdom, "The law and mercy doth she carry in her tongue." Do not fear that thou art not able to fulfill the law, flee to mercy.
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