Proverbs 31:3

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 13:26 : 26 `By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin.
  • Deut 17:17 : 17 And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly.
  • Prov 5:9-9 : 9 Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce, 10 Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger, 11 And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
  • Prov 7:26-27 : 26 For many `are' the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty `are' all her slain ones. 27 The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
  • Hos 4:11 : 11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, `and' of the Hittites,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 31:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink.

    5Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Prov 5:8-10
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    75%

    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

    9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

    10Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

  • Prov 31:1-2
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    75%

    1Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

    2`What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    73%

    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Prov 31:30-31
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    71%

    30The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

    31Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

  • Prov 5:20
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    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 7:5
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    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Prov 23:26
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    26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

  • Deut 7:3
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    3`And thou dost not join in marriage with them; thy daughter thou dost not give to his son, and his daughter thou dost not take to thy son,

  • Prov 11:16
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    16A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible `men' retain riches.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • Ezra 9:12
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    12and now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good -- unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

  • Prov 2:16
    69%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

  • Deut 17:17
    69%

    17And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly.

  • Mic 7:5
    69%

    5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

    15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

  • Job 31:10
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    10Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.

  • Prov 5:17
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    17Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

  • Prov 29:3
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    3A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

  • Lev 19:29
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    29`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

  • Isa 3:12
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    12My people -- its exactors `are' sucklings, And women have ruled over it. My people -- thy eulogists are causing to err, And the way of thy paths swallowed up.

  • Prov 1:10
    68%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • Ezek 16:32
    68%

    32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

  • Ps 33:16
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    16The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

  • Job 36:19
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    19Doth He value thy riches? He hath gold, and all the forces of power.

  • Prov 31:17
    68%

    17She hath girded with might her loins, And doth strengthen her arms.

  • Prov 5:6
    68%

    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

  • Hos 4:11
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    11Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

  • Prov 22:28
    68%

    28Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

  • Prov 3:31
    68%

    31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

  • Ps 146:3
    68%

    3Trust not in princes -- in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

  • Prov 31:27
    68%

    27She `is' watching the ways of her household, And bread of sloth she eateth not.

  • Prov 22:25
    68%

    25Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

  • Prov 2:19
    68%

    19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

  • Jer 16:2
    67%

    2Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.