Proverbs 31:3
Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
In Context
2What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!
4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17Neither shall hee take him many wiues, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather him much siluer and golde.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Salomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? yet among many nations was there no King like him: for he was beloued of his God, and God had made him King ouer Israel: yet strange women caused him to sinne.
Proverbs 7:26For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
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 →