Devine Scripture

Proverbs 31:3

Proverbs chapter 31 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.2What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows?

v.3This passage

v.4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 5:9

    Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

  • Proverbs 7:26

    For she hath cast down many wounded: Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

  • Hosea 4:11

    Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 11:1

    Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

  • Nehemiah 13:26

    Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.