Proverbs 31:3 - Easy To Read Version

³ Don’t waste your strength on women. Women destroy kings, so don’t waste yourself on them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Give not your strength to [loose] women, nor your ways to those who and that which ruin and destroy kings.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Common English Bible

³ Don’t give your strength to women, your ways to those who wipe out kings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Do not give your substance to women, or your riches to overthrow kings.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings.

Proverbs 31:3 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 11:1

King Solomon loved women! He loved many women that were not from the nation of Israel. These included the daughter of Pharaoh, Hittite women and women from Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon.

Nehemiah 13:26

You know that marriages like this caused Solomon to sin. In all the many nations, there was not a king as great as Solomon. God loved Solomon. And God made Solomon king over the whole nation of Israel. But even Solomon was made to sin because of foreign women.

Hosea 4:11

“Sexual sins, strong drink, and new wine will ruin a person’s ability to think straight.

Deuteronomy 17:17

Also, the king must not have too many wives. Why? Because that will make him turn away from the Lord. And the king must not make himself rich with silver and gold.