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Proverbs 31:3

World English Bible

Don’t give your strength to women,
nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

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Proverbs 31:3 in other translations

Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Proverbs 31:3 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 31:3 in context

  1. 1The words of king Lemuel; the revelation which his mother taught him.
  2. 2“Oh, my son!
    Oh, son of my womb!
    Oh, son of my vows!
  3. 3Don’t give your strength to women,
    nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
  4. 4It is not for kings, Lemuel,
    it is not for kings to drink wine,
    nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
  5. 5lest they drink, and forget the law,
    and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.