Proverbs 31:3

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Do not give your strength to women or your ways to those who destroy kings.

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  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin because of such things? Among the many nations, there was no king like him; he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet, even he was led into sin by foreign women.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 He must not take many wives for himself, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
  • Prov 5:9-9 : 9 Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel; 10 Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner. 11 At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For she has brought down many victims, and numerous are all those she has slain. 27 Her house is the way to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women.

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  • Prov 31:4-5
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    4It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink.

    5Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 5:8-10
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    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Prov 31:1-2
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    1The sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.

    2What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

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

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

    31Honor her for all that her hands have done, and let her works bring her praise at the city gates.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 7:5
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    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

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

  • Deut 7:3
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    3Do not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain wealth.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Ezra 9:12
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    12So now, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace or prosperity forever, so that you may be strong, eat the good things of the land, and leave it to your children as an inheritance forever.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence or stand in the place of the great.

  • Prov 2:16
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    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

  • Deut 17:17
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    17He must not take many wives for himself, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

    15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn away from it and go on your way.

  • Job 31:10
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    10then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • Prov 5:17
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    17Let them be yours alone, and not for strangers with you.

  • Prov 29:3
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    3A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but one who associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My son, do not let them depart from your sight; guard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Lev 19:29
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    29Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will become filled with wickedness.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Isa 3:12
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    12My people! Children oppress you, and women rule over you. Your guides mislead you and destroy the way of your paths.

  • Prov 1:10
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    10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Ps 33:16
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    16A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • Prov 31:17
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    17She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Fornication, wine, and new wine take away the heart and understanding.

  • Prov 22:28
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    28Do not remove the ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways.

  • Ps 146:3
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    3Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your soul.

  • Prov 2:19
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    19None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

  • Jer 16:2
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    2You are not to marry or have sons or daughters in this place.