Proverbs 31:3
What meaning of the proverbs 31:3 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 31:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings."
What does Proverbs 31:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings."
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...
TO THAT WHICH DESTROYETH - The temptations of the harem were then, as now, the curse of all Eastern kingdoms....
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ... W...
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...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 31 V1 These are the words of King Lemuel. This section is a difficult puzzle that his mother taught to him. V2 Oh, my son! My own son! You a...
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...
אַל ־תִּתֵּ֣ן לַ † נָּשִׁ֣ים חֵילֶ֑ךָ וּ֝ דְרָכֶ֗יךָ לַֽ מְחֹ֥ות מְלָכִֽין׃...
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...
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 s...
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...
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....
_Women. This would destroy thy health, and tend to impoverish the kingdom. --- Kings, by injustice and ambition. (Calmet)_...
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...
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 follow...
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...
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...
_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...
OF PROPER KINGLY DEPORTMENT...
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...
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...
Proverbs 31:3 give H5414 (H8799) strength H2428 women H802 ways H1870 destroys H4229 (H8687) kings H4428 strength - Proverbs 5:9-11, Proverbs 7:26-27; Hosea 4:11 to that - Deuteronomy 17:17;...
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...
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...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 31:1 The Sayings of King Lemuel. The word translated “oracle” (v. Proverbs 31:1) is the same as in Proverbs 30:1. As in Proverbs 30:1, some have preferred to see it as the na...
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...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 31:1 PART VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION, containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance. PROVERBS 31:1 _The_ _superscription. _TH...
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 g...
Deuteronomy 17:17; Hosea 4:11; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 5:9; Proverbs 7:26; Proverbs 7:27...
Strength — The vigour of thy mind and body. Ways — Thy conversation, repeated in other words....