Proverbs 31:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Do not give your strength to women, or your ways to that which is the destruction of kings.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.
  • Prov 5:9-9 : 9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men: 10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others; 11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For those wounded and made low by her are great in number; and all those who have come to their death through her are a great army. 27 Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 Now a number of strange women were loved by Solomon, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:

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  • Prov 5:8-10
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    8Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

    9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

    10And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

  • Prov 31:1-2
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    1The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his mother.

    2What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.

    25Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

    26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.

    31Give her credit for what her hands have made: let her be praised by her works in the public place.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?

  • Prov 7:5
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    5So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 23:26
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    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Deut 7:3
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    3Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and you will say twisted things.

  • Ezra 9:12
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    12So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 2:16
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    16To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

  • Deut 17:17
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    17And he is not to have a great number of wives, for fear that his heart may be turned away; or great wealth of silver and gold.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

    15Keep far from it, do not go near; be turned from it, and go on your way.

  • Job 31:10
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    10Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

  • Prov 5:17
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    17Let them be for yourself only, not for other men with you.

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    3A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

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    21My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

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    29Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

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    4Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

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    12As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.

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    10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

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    17She puts a band of strength round her, and makes her arms strong.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.

  • Prov 22:28
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    28Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

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    3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She gives attention to the ways of her family, she does not take her food without working for it.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

  • Prov 2:19
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    19Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

  • Jer 16:2
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    2You are not to take a wife for yourself or have sons or daughters in this place.