Proverbs 31:3 · KJV
“Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.”
— Proverbs 31:3
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
{It is} not for kings, O Lemuel, {it is} not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Proverbs 31 — Context
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
2What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
3Give 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:
5Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. {prevert: Heb. alter} {of any...: Heb. of all the sons of affliction}
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Proverbs 7:26-27
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong {men} have been slain by her.
Proverbs 5:9-11
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, {and} Hittites; {together...: or, beside}
Hosea 4:11
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.