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Proverbs 31:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Proverbs 31:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 What my son! and what the son of [a]my womb! and what, O son of my desires!
3 Give not thy strength unto women, [b]nor thy ways which is to destroy kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes [c]strong drink,
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- Proverbs 31:2 By this often repetition of one thing, she declareth her motherly affection.
- Proverbs 31:3 Meaning, that women are the destruction of kings, if they haunt them.
- Proverbs 31:4 That is, the King must not give himself to wantonness, and neglect of his office, which is to execute judgment.
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