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 others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
Proverbs 7:26
For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones.
Hosea 4:11
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

To that

Deuteronomy 17:17
And he doth not multiply to himself wives, and his heart doth not turn aside, and silver and gold he doth not multiply to himself -- exceedingly.
Nehemiah 13:26
By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin.