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Proverbs 31:2
Proverbs 31:2 is verse 2 of Proverbs chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
Or What or What are you doing
King James Version
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
World English Bible
“Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
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Proverbs 31:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
2 What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?
3 Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
1 Samuel 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
1 Samuel 1:28I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.