| 1. The words of Lemuel the king; a prophecy that his mother chastised him; |
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א. |
| 2. What, my son, and what, the son of my womb, and what, the son of my vows? |
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ב. |
| 3. Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to the pleasures of kings. |
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ג. |
| 4. It is not for kings, Lemoel, it is not for kings to drink wine, neither is strong drink for rulers. |
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ד. |
| 5. Lest he drink and forget what was made law, and change the judgment of all the impoverished. |
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ה. |
| 6. Give strong drink to the one who is perishing and wine to those of bitter soul. |
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ו. |
| 7. Let him drink and forget his poverty, and let him remember his misery no more. |
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ז. |
| 8. Open your mouth for the dumb, to the cause of all whose help has passed. |
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ח. |
| 9. Open your mouth, judge justly and plead the cause of the poor and the needy. |
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ט. |
| 10. A woman of valor who can find, for her price is beyond pearls. |
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י. |
| 11. Her husband relies on her, and he will lack no gain. |
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יא. |
| 12. She requites him with good and not with evil all the days of her life. |
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יב. |
| 13. She seeks wool and flax, and she works it with the will of her hands. |
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יג. |
| 14. She is like the merchant ships, she brings her food from afar. |
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יד. |
| 15. She rises when it is still night; she gives food to her household and an allotted share to her maidens. |
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טו. |
| 16. She contemplates a field and purchases it; from the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. |
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טז. |
| 17. She girds her loins with vigor and strengthens her arms. |
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יז. |
| 18. [When] she advises that her merchandise is good her lamp does not go out at night. |
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יח. |
| 19. She stretches forth her hands onto the distaff, and her hands support the spindle. |
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יט. |
| 20. She spreads out her hand to the poor man, and she stretches her hands out to the needy. |
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כ. |
| 21. She fears not for her household for snow, for all her household are dressed in crimson. |
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כא. |
| 22. She makes beautiful bedspreads for herself; fine linen and purple wool are her raiment. |
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כב. |
| 23. Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits with the elders of the land. |
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כג. |
| 24. She makes a cloak and sells it, and she gives a belt to the trafficker. |
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כד. |
| 25. Strength and beauty are her raiment, and she laughs at the last day. |
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כה. |
| 26. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue. |
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כו. |
| 27. She supervises the ways of her household and does not eat bread of idleness. |
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כז. |
| 28. Her children rise and call her fortunate; [also] her husband, and praises her. |
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כח. |
| 29. "Many women have acquired wealth, but you surpass them all." |
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כט. |
| 30. Charm is false and beauty is futile; a God-fearing woman is to be praised. |
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ל. |
| 31. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and her deeds will praise her in the gates. |
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לא. |
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