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Proverbs 31:3

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

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  1. Proverbs 31:1

    The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

  2. Proverbs 31:2

    What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

  3. Proverbs 31:4

    It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

  4. Proverbs 31:5

    Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.