Proverbs 31:2

American Standard Version (1901)

What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
  • 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.

  • 3Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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    25Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice.

    26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

  • 20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • 3For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

  • 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • 10Woe unto him that saith unto a father, What begettest thou? or to a woman, With what travailest thou?

  • 18(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

  • 8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

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    21And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.

    22And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

    23Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

  • 20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • 28And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.

  • 1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  • 11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • 7Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

  • 1My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:

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    26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

    27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

  • 15My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine:

  • 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

  • 25A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • 3Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.

  • 2Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

  • 17And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by Jehovah thy God unto thy handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.

  • 1My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:

  • Ezek 23:1-2
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    69%

    1The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

    2Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:

  • 24Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And attend to the words of my mouth.

  • 3Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

  • 1My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

  • 56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

  • 22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

  • 18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

  • 20If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

  • 2And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred [pieces] of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah.

  • 13The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

  • 20My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings.

  • 27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • 17And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

  • 22And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.

  • 13And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

  • 20See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

  • Job 31:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

    15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

  • 27For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

  • 28and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.