Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. Cross References Deuteronomy 17:17 He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold. 1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh--women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel--yet foreign women drew him into sin. Proverbs 5:9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; Treasury of Scripture Give not your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. strength Proverbs 5:9-11 Proverbs 7:26,27 Hosea 4:11 to that Deuteronomy 17:17 Nehemiah 13:26 |