Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Strength
To that
Bible References
Strength
Proverbs 5:9
lest you give your honor to the others, and your years to the merciless,
Proverbs 7:26
For many slain she has laid low, and countless [are] all of her killings.
Hosea 4:11
whoredom}. Wine and new wine {take away the understanding}.
To that
Deuteronomy 17:17
And he must not {acquire many} wives for himself, so that his heart [would] turn aside; and {he must not accumulate silver and gold for himself excessively}.
Nehemiah 13:26
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in this way? And among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet the foreign women made even him sin.