Proverbs 31:3 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 31:3

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

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ASV

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

WEB

Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.

YLT

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

DBT

Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to them that destroy kings.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Deuteronomy 17:17
Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Proverbs 7:26–27
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 5:9–11
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
1 Kings 11:1
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

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Give not thy ways, thy affections, thy conversation, to that which destroys kings, which has destroyed many, which gave such a shock to the kingdom even of David himself, in the matter of Uriah. Let the sufferings of others be thy warnings." It lessens the honour of kings and makes them mean. Are those fit to govern others that are themselves slaves to their own lusts?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The proper use of such drinks is to restore tone to feeble bodies and depressed minds (compare Ps 104:15). Open . . . cause--Plead for those who cannot plead for themselves, as the orphan, stranger, &c. (compare Ps 72:12; Isa 1:17). appointed to destruction--who are otherwise ruined by their oppressors (compare Pr 29:14, 16).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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