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Proverbs 31:3
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Proverbs 31:3
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Do not spend your strength
[a]
on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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Proverbs 31:3 in Other Translations
KJV
3
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
ESV
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Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings.
NLT
3
do not waste your strength on women, on those who ruin kings.
MSG
3
Don't dissipate your virility on fortune-hunting women, promiscuous women who shipwreck leaders.
CSB
3
Don't spend your energy on women or your efforts on those who destroy kings.
Proverbs 31:3 In-Context
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The sayings of King Lemuel—an inspired utterance his mother taught him.
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Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb! Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!
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Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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It is not for kings, Lemuel— it is not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,
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lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
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Deuteronomy 17:17
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1 Kings 11:3
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Nehemiah 13:26
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Proverbs 5:1-14
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[a].
Or "wealth"
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