Proverbs 31:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Geue not ouer thy strength & wayes vnto women, which are the destruction euen of kynges.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much.
  • Prov 5:9-9 : 9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell: 10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house. 11 Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say:
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her. 27 Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 But king Solomo loued many outlandishe women, & the daughter of Pharao, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, & Hethites:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not I say for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke.

    5Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes.

  • Prov 5:8-10
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    75%

    8Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.

    9That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell:

    10That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

  • Prov 31:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The wordes of king Lamuel, and the lesson that his mother taught him.

    2What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne?

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    73%

    24That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

    25Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes.

    26By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

  • Prov 31:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed.

    31Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger?

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes.

  • Prov 23:26
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    26My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes:

  • Deut 7:3
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    3Thou shalt make no mariages with them: neither geue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gratious woman getteth honour: but the strong men attayne riches.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

  • Ezra 9:12
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    12Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, nor seke their peace and wealth for euer: that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande, and that ye and your children may haue the inheritaunce of it for euermore.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

  • Prov 2:16
    69%

    16That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,

  • Deut 17:17
    69%

    17Also he ought not to multiplie wyues to him selfe, lest his heart turne away, neither shall he gather hym siluer and golde to much.

  • Mic 7:5
    69%

    5Let no man beleeue his friende, nor put his confidence in his brother: kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked:

    15Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it.

  • Job 31:10
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    10Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

  • Prov 5:17
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    17But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee.

  • Prov 29:3
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    3Who so loueth wisdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth companie with harlottes, spendeth away that he hath.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding:

  • Lev 19:29
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    29Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore, lest the lande also fall to whoredome, and become ful of wickednesse.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber.

  • Isa 3:12
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    12Children are extortioners of my people, and women rule ouer them: O my people, thy leaders deceaue thee, and corrupt the way of thy footsteppes.

  • Prov 1:10
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    10My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them.

  • Ezek 16:32
    68%

    32But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, and taketh other in steede of her husbande.

  • Ps 33:16
    68%

    16A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Thinkest thou that he wyll regarde thy riches? he shall not care for golde, nor for all them that excell in strength.

  • Prov 31:17
    68%

    17She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes.

  • Prov 5:6
    68%

    6Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.

  • Hos 4:11
    68%

    11Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.

  • Prov 22:28
    68%

    28Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set.

  • Prov 3:31
    68%

    31Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

  • Ps 146:3
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    3His spirite shall depart out of hym, he shall turne agayne to his earth: at that day all his thoughtes shall perishe.

  • Prov 31:27
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    27She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her bread with idlenesse.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule.

  • Prov 2:19
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    19All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.

  • Jer 16:2
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    2Thou shalt take thee no wife, nor beget children in this place.