Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 31 connects to 8 cross-references. The Words of King Lemuel taught by his mother: warnings against women and wine that could destroy rulers, and urging defense of the poor and needy. The book concludes with the famous acrostic poem of the excellent wife who manages …
Other Translations
Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.
Cross References
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself …
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, …
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, …
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.