As we begin in Proverbs chapter thirty-one, working our way through it verse by verse, the Bible says, “The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.” The very first thing Mother must do is tell her children that she is responsible to teach them. The Bible says, “The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.” There is no pretense here about who is responsible. Oh, what power rests in a mother’s words and deeds!

We know very little about King Lemuel. Some have the idea that this may be a name for Solomon. The instruction given is from a godly woman to a son who becomes king. If this king is King Solomon, then his mother was none other than Bathsheba. What a marvelous work of the grace of God that He worked in the life of this mother.

I am so very grateful to God for the grace He clearly demonstrated in my mother’s life as she trusted Christ as her personal Savior. The transformation in her life was evident. The Bible says of this mother that she told her son in the very outset of chapter thirty-one, “It is my responsibility to tell you these things.” Her responsibility cannot be assigned to someone else. It is not a responsibility to be given to the school. It is not a responsibility to be given to the church. It is a responsibility that a mother knows God has given to her. This mother told her son in the very beginning, “These are things that I must tell you.” Mothers need not seek to make a list of priorities for their children; they should simply seek to follow the clear teaching of God’s Word found here.

An excerpt from the book “What Every Mother Must Teach Her Children” by Dr. Clarence Sexton

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