Douay Rheims Bible

Proverbs 30

The Proverbs

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Chapter 31

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  The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.  

 

 

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  What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?  

 

 

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  Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.  

 

 

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  Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:  

 

 

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  And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.  

 

 

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  Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:  

 

 

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  Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.  

 

 

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  Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.  

 

 

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  Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.  

 

 

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10


 

  Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.  

 

 

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  The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.  

 

 

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  She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.  

 

 

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13


 

  She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands.  

 

 

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  She is like the merchant's ship, she bringeth her bread from afar.  

 

 

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  And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens.  

 

 

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  She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.  

 

 

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  She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm.  

 

 

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  She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.  

 

 

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  She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.  

 

 

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20


 

  She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.  

 

 

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21


 

  She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for dl her domestics are clothed with double garments.  

 

 

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  She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her covering.  

 

 

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  Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.  

 

 

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  She made fine linen, and sold it, end delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite.  

 

 

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  Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day.  

 

 

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  She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue.  

 

 

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27


 

  She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle.  

 

 

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28


 

  Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her.  

 

 

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29


 

  Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all.  

 

 

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30


 

  Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.  

 

 

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  Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates.  

 

 

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Ecclesiastes 1

 

 

 

 

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