Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options Listen to Proverbs 31:1-3
Close HCSB

Proverbs 31:1-3
Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Words of Lemuel

31 The words of King Lemuel,
an oracle[a](A) that his mother taught him:

2 What should I say, my son?
What, son of my womb?(B)
What, son of my vows?
3 Don’t spend your energy(C) on women
or your efforts on those who destroy kings.(D)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:1 Or of Lemuel, king of Massa, or of King Lemuel, a burden
Listen to Proverbs 31:1-3
Close NIV

Proverbs 31:1-3
New International Version

Sayings of King Lemuel

31 The sayings(A) of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.

2 Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!
    Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!(B)
3 Do not spend your strength[a] on women,
    your vigor on those who ruin kings.(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:3 Or wealth
Next
Proverbs 30
Ecclesiastes 1
Next
dropdown
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV