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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him: |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData `What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows? |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Open thy mouth for the dumb, For the right of all sons of change. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!' |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData A woman of worth who doth find? Yea, far above rubies `is' her price. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData The heart of her husband hath trusted in her, And spoil he lacketh not. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She hath done him good, and not evil, All days of her life. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh `with' her hands. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She hath been as ships of the merchant, From afar she bringeth in her bread. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She hath perceived when her merchandise `is' good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She is not afraid of her household from snow, For all her household are clothed `with' scarlet. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Ornamental coverings she hath made for herself, Silk and purple `are' her clothing. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Linen garments she hath made, and selleth, And a girdle she hath given to the merchant. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Strength and honour `are' her clothing, And she rejoiceth at a latter day. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Her mouth she hath opened in wisdom, And the law of kindness `is' on her tongue. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData She `is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Her sons have risen up, and pronounce her happy, Her husband, and he praiseth her, |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData `Many `are' the daughters who have done worthily, Thou hast gone up above them all.' |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself. |
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fjrigjwwe9r2Younhs_EN_Bible:TextData Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates! |
