1. The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him.
2. What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?
3. Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
4. Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
5. And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.
6. Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind:
7. Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more.
8. Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass.
9. Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor.
10. Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.
11. The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.
12. She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life.