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Proverbs 31:3
Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Proverbs 31:3 · World English Bible
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Proverbs 31:3 in other translations
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
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In context
1 The words of King Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him:
2 “Oh, my son! Oh, son of my womb! Oh, son of my vows!
3 Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
4 It is not for kings, Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’
5 lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
6 Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.
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