Proverbs 31:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.”
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“Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 31:3 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
- 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Proverbs 5:9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
- Proverbs 7:26For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.
- Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
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