Prov.31.3

Proverbs 31:3

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

The Sayings for King Lemuel

Cross References

Deuteronomy 17:17

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Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

Guidelines for a King

1 Kings 11:1

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But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

Solomon’s Foreign Wives

Nehemiah 13:26

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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.

Intermarriage Forbidden

Proverbs 5:9

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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: