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Proverbs 31:3

Many women try to tempt an important person like a king. Solomon himself loved many women. He thought that these women would make him happy Ecclesiastes 2:1-11). But Solomon did evil things because of these women (1 Kings 11:1-13).

v4 Oh, Lemuel, you are the king!

Kings should not drink wine!

Kings should not want beer!

v5 If kings drink alcohol, then they will forget the law.

Then suffering people will lose everything.

v6 Give beer to people who are dying!

Give wine to people in trouble!

v7 Let them drink!

Then they will forget that they are poor.

They will not remember that they are sad.

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See also Proverbs 31:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 31:3. _GIVE NOT THY STRENGTH_] Do not waste thy substance on _women_. In such intercourse the _strength_ of _body, soul_ and _substance_ is destroyed. Such connections are those _which...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TO THAT WHICH DESTROYETH - The temptations of the harem were then, as now, the curse of all Eastern kingdoms....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    VII. THE WORDS OF KING LEMUEL TAUGHT HIM BY HIS MOTHER CHAPTER 31 The Virtuous Woman “The words of King Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him”; this is the superscription of this chapter. W...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    SECOND DIVISION. SAYINGS OF LEMUEL. A manual of directions for kings. Proverbs 31:1. The title is uncertain. RV is not grammatically correct. Read _mg._ MASSA (_mg.),_ rendered oracle in Proverbs 31:3...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    that which] Or, with a slight change in the Heb., "them that"; thus preserving more exactly the parallelism with the first clause of the verse. Comp. Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 11:1-8....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    VII. The Words of King Lemuel. Chap. Proverbs 31:1-9 We have here another short Appendix. King Lemuel records, as his oracle, or wise teaching, the counsel given him by his mother (Proverbs 31:1). Wi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GIVE NOT THY STRENGTH, &C.— David had admonished his son, chap. Proverbs 6:20, &c. _to keep the commandment of his father, and not forsake the law of his mother; for the commandment,_ said he, _is a l...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER 31 TEXT Proverbs 31:1-9 1. The words of king Lemuel: The oracle which his mother taught him. 2. Why, my son? and what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows? 3. Give not thy str...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. GIVE NOT THY STRENGTH UNTO WOMEN ... WH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE MOTHER OF LEMUEL. THE EXCELLENT WOMAN 1-9. An exhortation addressed to king Lemuel by his mother, urging him to avoid women and wine. The latter leads to slackness and unfairness in the administr...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Read, 'Give not thy love to those who destroy kings.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NOR THY WAYS TO THAT WHICH DESTROYETH KINGS. — A slight change in the punctuation will give a better sense, “to those that destroy kings,” _i.e._, women. Give not thy life to dissipation at their bidd...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַ † נָּשִׁ֣ים חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 32 A GOOD WOMAN "O woman-hearts, that keep the days of old In living memory, can you stand back When Christ calls? Shall the heavenly Master lack The serving love, which is your life's fi...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WORTHY WOMAN Proverbs 31:1-9 In these words of King Lemuel, we notice a mother's influence in the education of her son. A woman is never more nobly occupied than in warning her son against the se...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the second section of the appendix. There have been many conjectures as to who King Lemuel was, but nothing certainly can be said. It is divided into two parts, the first of which consists of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Give not thy strength to women, (d) nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. (d) Meaning, that women are the destruction of kings, if they hunt them....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Women. This would destroy thy health, and tend to impoverish the kingdom. --- Kings, by injustice and ambition. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for ki...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    GIVE NOT THY STRENGTH UNTO WOMEN,.... Strength of body, which is weakened by an excessive use of venery b with a multiplicity of women; see, Proverbs 5:9; and strength of mind, reason, and wisdom, whi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Ver. 3. _Give not thy strength to women._] Waste not unworthily the fat and marrow of thy dear and precious time, the st...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Give not thy strength unto women_ The vigour of thy mind and body, which is greatly impaired by inordinate lusts, as all physicians agree, and frequent experience shows; _nor thy ways_ Thy conversati...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF PROPER KINGLY DEPORTMENT...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Give not thy strength unto women, in a life of luxury, dissipation, and immorality, NOR THY WAYS TO THAT WHICH DESTROYETH KINGS, to the women who ruin kings by leading them into licentiousness....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    In THE FINAL CHAPTER of the book has also a peculiar character, King Lemuel is the writer, but not the author, for he simply quotes the words of his mother. Actually, no king of Israel or Judah is kno...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THY STRENGTH; the rigour of thy mind and body, which is greatly impaired by inordinate lusts, as all physicians agree, and frequent experience showeth. THY WAYS; thy conversation or course of life. TO...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 31:3 give H5414 (H8799) strength H2428 women H802 ways H1870 destroys H4229 (H8687) kings...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Words of King Lemuel on the dangers of intemperance and the worth of a godly woman. CHARACTERS: God, Lemuel, his mother. CONCLUSION: A virtuous woman who has command of her own spirit, who...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 31:1. _The words of king Lemuel._ Ancient kings had many names and surnames which embarrass history. The first name of Solomon was Jedidiah, or Jedid-jah, beloved of God. 2 Samuel 12:25. Lemu...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:1 The Sayings of King Lemuel. The word translated “oracle” (v. Proverbs 31:1) is the same as in...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— LEMUEL. This Hebrew word signifies “_For God_,” or “_belonging to God_,” and is regarded by most commentators as a proper name. THE PROPHECY. Delitzsch, Stuart, and many other Hebrew...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 31:1 PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the thirty-first proverb are, The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him (Proverbs 31:1). So these are really the words of King Lemuel's mother unto him. The advice of a go...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 17:17; Hosea 4:11; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 5:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Strength — The vigour of thy mind and body. Ways — Thy conversation, repeated in other words....

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