Proverbs 31:3

New English Translation

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

Cross References

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh’s daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

Nehemiah 13:26

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!

Hosea 4:11

Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

Deuteronomy 17:17

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