Proverbs 31:3
Give not your wealth to women, nor your mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
In Context
4Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Proverbs 7:26For she has wounded and cast down many, 1 And those whom she has slain are innumerable. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 31:2-10
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto… Read the whole commentary →