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30.22 :For a servant when he reigneth;
 * And a churl when he is filled with food;
 * For an odious woman when she is married;
 * And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.


 * There are four things which are little upon the earth,
 * But they are exceeding wise:
 * The ants are a people not strong,
 * Yet they provide their food in the summer;
 * The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk,
 * Yet make they their houses in the crags;
 * The locusts have no king,
 * Yet go they forth all of them by bands;
 * The spider thou canst take with the hands,
 * Yet is she in kings' palaces.


 * There are three things which are stately in their march,
 * Yea, four which are stately in going:
 * The lion, which is mightiest among beasts,
 * And turneth not away for any;
 * The greyhound; the he-goat also;
 * And the king, against whom there is no rising up.


 * If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
 * Or if thou hast planned devices, lay thy hand upon thy mouth.
 * For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd,
 * And the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood;
 * So the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

The words of king Lemuel; the burden wherewith his mother corrected him.


 * What, my son? and what, O son of my womb?
 * And what, O son of my vows?
 * Give not thy strength unto women,
 * Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
 * It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine:
 * Nor for princes to say: 'Where is strong drink?'
 * Lest they drink, and forget that which is decreed,
 * And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.
 * Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
 * And wine unto the bitter in soul;
 * Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
 * And remember his misery no more.
 * Open thy mouth for the dumb,
 * In the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
 * Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
 * And plead the cause of the poor and needy.


 * A woman of valour who can find?
 * For her price is far above rubies.
 * The heart of her husband doth aafely trust in her,
 * And he hath no lack of gain.
 * She doeth him good and not evil
 * All the days of her life.
 * She seeketh wool and flax,
 * And worketh willingly with her hands.
 * She is like the merchant-ships; She bringeth her food from afar.
 * She riseth also while it is yet night,
 * And giveth food to her household,
 * And a portion to her maidens.