Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Strength

Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
Proverbs 7:26
For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fail, - yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
Hosea 4:11
Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.

To that

Deuteronomy 17:17
Neither shall he multiply to himself wives, that his heart turn not aside, - nor silver and gold, shall he multiply to himself greatly.
Nehemiah 13:26
Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned - though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel, - even him, did foreign women, cause to sin.