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The Sayings for King Lemuel

Proverbs 31:3

In 10 translations

BSB
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
KJV
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
WEB
Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
ASV
Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
LSV
Do not give your strength to women, || And your ways to wiping away of kings.
YLT
Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
DBY
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.
DRC
Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.
GNV
Giue not thy strength vnto women, nor thy wayes, which is to destroy Kings.
JPS
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַנָּשִׁ֣ים חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝דְרָכֶ֗יךָ לַֽמְח֥וֹת מְלָכִֽין׃

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • 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 7:26–27For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  • Proverbs 5:9–11lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh…
  • 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.
  • Hosea 4:11Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

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