Proverbs 31:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't waste your life chasing after women! This has ruined many kings.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:1

The LORD did not want the Israelites to worship foreign gods, so he had warned them not to marry anyone who was not from Israel. Solomon loved his wife, the daughter of the king of Egypt. But he also loved some women from Moab, Ammon, and Edom, and others from Sidon and the land of the Hittites.

Nehemiah 13:26

God dearly loved King Solomon of Israel and made him the greatest king on earth, but Solomon's foreign wives led him into sin.

Hosea 4:11

and have been unfaithful to me, their LORD. My people, you are foolish because of too much pleasure and too much wine.

Deuteronomy 17:17

And the king must not have a lot of wives—they might tempt him to be unfaithful to the LORD. Finally, the king must not try to get huge amounts of silver and gold.