Proverbs 31:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin!
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.
  • Prov 5:9-9 : 9 lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person, 10 lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house. 11 And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. 27 Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 The Lord Punishes Solomon for Idolatry King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women(besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

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  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

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

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

  • Prov 31:1-2
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    1The Words of Lemuel The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:

    2O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    30Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. A woman who fears the LORD– she makes herself praiseworthy.

    31Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 23:26
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    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

  • Deut 7:3
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    3You must 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 generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth.

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

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

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

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  • Prov 2:16
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

  • Deut 17:17
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    17Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Job 31:10
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    10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

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

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

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Lev 19:29
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    29Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

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    12Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people’s leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.

  • Prov 1:10
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    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Ps 33:16
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    16No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

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    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Prov 31:17
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    17She clothed herself in might, and she strengthened her arms.

  • Prov 5:6
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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

  • Prov 22:28
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    28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose any of his ways;

  • Ps 146:3
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    3Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver!

  • Prov 31:27
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    27Watching over the ways of her household, she would not eat the bread of idleness.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

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

  • Jer 16:2
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    2“Do not get married and do not have children here in this land.