“ Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. ”
To that which destroyeth - The temptations of the harem were then, as now, the curse of all Eastern kingdoms.
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.
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 Prove...
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. Give not thy strength - Do not waste thy substance on women. In such intercourse the strength of body, soul and substan...
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, sai...
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 wom...
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 admini...
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 b...
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...
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...
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...
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 k...
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...
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...
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 conversat...
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 kn...
Maternal Counsels to King Lemuel. 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. 2 What, my son...
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 lif...
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 H...
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 ....
EXPOSITION Proverbs 31:1-20 Part VIII. SECOND APPENDIX TO THE SECOND COLLECTION , containing "the words of Lemuel" on the subjects of impurity and intemperance. Proverbs 31:...
Of Proper Kingly Deportment
Deuteronomy 17:17 ; Hosea 4:11 ; Nehemiah 13:26 ; Proverbs 5:9-11 ; Proverbs 7:26 ; Proverbs 7:27
Strength — The vigour of thy mind and body. Ways — Thy conversation, repeated in other words.