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Book of Proverbs, Chapter 31

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Chapter 31 of Proverbs—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ The words of Lemʹu·el[a] the king, the weighty message1 that his mother gave to him in correction:2
  2. ¶ What [am I saying], O son of mine,[b] and what, O son of my belly,3 and what, O son of my vows?4
  3. ¶ Do not give your vital energy to women,5 nor your ways to [what leads to] wiping out kings.6
  4. ¶ It is not for kings, O Lemʹu·el, it is not for kings to drink wine or for high officials [to say:] “Where is intoxicating liquor?”7
  5. that one may not drink and forget what is decreed and pervert the cause of any of the sons of affliction.8
  6. Give intoxicating liquor, YOU people, to the one about to perish9 and wine to those who are bitter of soul.10
  7. Let one drink and forget one’s poverty, and let one remember one’s own trouble no more.
  8. ¶ Open your mouth for the speechless one,11 in the cause of all those passing away.[c]12
  9. Open your mouth, judge righteously and plead the cause of the afflicted one and the poor one.13
  10. ¶ A capable wife who can find?14 Her value is far more than that of corals.
  11. ¶ In her the heart of her owner[d] has put trust, and there is no gain lacking.15
  12. ¶ She has rewarded him with good, and not bad, all the days of her life.16
  13. ¶ She has sought wool and linen, and she works at whatever is the delight of her hands.17
  14. ¶ She has proved to be like the ships of a merchant.18 From far away she brings in her food.[e]
  15. ¶ She also gets up while it is still night,19 and gives food[f] to her household and the prescribed portion to her young women.20
  16. ¶ She has considered a field and proceeded to obtain it;21 from the fruitage of her hands she has planted a vineyard.22
  17. ¶ She has girded her hips with strength, and she invigorates her arms.23
  18. ¶ She has sensed that her trading is good; her lamp does not go out at night.24
  19. ¶ Her hands she has thrust out to the distaff, and her own hands take hold of the spindle.25
  20. ¶ Her palm she has stretched out to the afflicted one, and her hands she has thrust out to the poor one.26
  21. ¶ She does not fear for her household because of the snow, for all her household are clothed with double garments.[g]27
  22. ¶ Coverlets28 she has made for herself. Her clothing is of linen and wool dyed reddish purple.29
  23. ¶ Her owner30 is someone known in the gates,31 when he sits down with the older men[h] of the land.
  24. ¶ She has made even undergarments32 and proceeded to sell [them], and belts she has given to the tradesmen.
  25. ¶ Strength and splendor are her clothing,33 and she laughs at a future day.34
  26. ¶ Her mouth she has opened in wisdom,35 and the law of loving-kindness[i] is upon her tongue.36
  27. ¶ She is watching over the goings-on of her household, and the bread of laziness[j] she does not eat.37
  28. ¶ Her sons have risen up and proceeded to pronounce her happy;38 her owner [rises up], and he praises her.39
  29. ¶ There are many daughters40 that have shown capableness, but you—you have ascended above them all.41
  30. ¶ Charm may be false,42 and prettiness may be vain;43 [but] the woman that fears Jehovah is the one that procures praise for herself.44
  31. ¶ GIVE her of the fruitage of her hands,45 and let her works praise her even in the gates.[k]46

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Meaning “Belonging to God.”
  2. ^ Lit., “O my son.” Heb., beriʹ (from bar, which is Biblical Aram.). See Ps 2:12 ftn, “Son.”
  3. ^ Lit., “all the sons of the passing away.”
  4. ^ “Her owner.” Heb., baʽ·lahʹ.
  5. ^ Or, “her bread.” Heb., lach·mahʹ (from leʹchem, as in vs 27).
  6. ^ Lit., “things carried off.” Heb., teʹreph.
  7. ^ “Double garments,” by a slight change in vowel pointing, to agree with LXX; M, “scarlet garments.”
  8. ^ Or, “elders.”
  9. ^ Or, “loyal love.”
  10. ^ “And the bread of laziness.” Heb., weleʹchem ʽats·luthʹ.
  11. ^ Some ed. of the Heb. text display the trigrammaton, or three letters, Chehth, Zaʹyin, Qohph (ח ז ק) that stand as King Hezekiah’s signature to the copy-work done by his scribes to signify that the work had been completed.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Pr 30:1; 2Ti 3:16
  2. ^ Pr 1:8; 6:20; 2Ti 1:5; 3:15
  3. ^ Ps 71:6; Is 49:15
  4. ^ 1Sa 1:11, 28
  5. ^ Ho 4:11
  6. ^ De 17:17; 1Ki 11:3; Ne 13:26
  7. ^ Le 10:9; Es 3:15; Ec 10:17; Is 28:7; Da 5:4; Ho 4:11
  8. ^ Hab 2:5
  9. ^ Ps 104:15; Mt 27:34
  10. ^ Je 16:7
  11. ^ 1Sa 19:4; 22:14; Es 4:14; 7:3; Ps 82:4
  12. ^ Ps 79:11
  13. ^ De 1:17; 2Sa 8:15; Ps 58:11; 72:2; Is 11:4; Je 22:3; Jn 7:24; Heb 1:9; Re 19:11
  14. ^ Ru 3:11; Pr 12:4; 19:14
  15. ^ 1Pe 3:7
  16. ^ 1Pe 3:6
  17. ^ 1Sa 2:19; Ac 9:39; Ti 2:5
  18. ^ 2Ch 9:21; Ps 107:23
  19. ^ Jn 20:1
  20. ^ 1Ti 5:10
  21. ^ Jos 15:19
  22. ^ Pr 10:4; 13:4; 21:5
  23. ^ Ge 18:6; 24:20
  24. ^ Mt 25:4
  25. ^ Ex 35:25
  26. ^ 1Sa 25:18; Pr 19:17; 22:9; Ac 9:36; Eph 4:28; 1Ti 2:10; Heb 13:16
  27. ^ 1Ti 5:8
  28. ^ Pr 7:16
  29. ^ Ex 39:29; Es 8:15; Ac 16:14
  30. ^ Ge 20:3; De 22:22; 2Sa 11:26; 1Co 11:9
  31. ^ De 16:18; Ru 4:1; Jb 29:7
  32. ^ Ac 9:39
  33. ^ Ge 24:20; Jg 5:24; Jb 40:10
  34. ^ Mt 6:34
  35. ^ Jg 13:23; 1Sa 25:31; 2Sa 20:16; Es 5:8; Ps 68:11; Pr 31:1; Ac 18:26; Ti 2:3
  36. ^ Ge 24:18; Jos 2:6; 2Ki 4:10; Ac 16:15
  37. ^ Pr 14:1; 1Ti 5:10; Ti 2:5
  38. ^ Ru 4:11; 1Ki 2:19; 2Ti 1:5
  39. ^ Is 62:4
  40. ^ Ge 30:13
  41. ^ Sg 6:9; Lu 1:42
  42. ^ Pr 11:16
  43. ^ 2Ki 9:30; Es 1:11; Pr 6:25; 1Pe 1:24
  44. ^ Ge 24:60; Jg 5:7; Ro 2:29; 1Pe 3:4
  45. ^ Ru 3:11; Ps 128:2
  46. ^ Mr 14:9; Ac 9:39; Ro 16:2

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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