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Don`t give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
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A Warning Against Ruinous Vices
Commentators unanimously interpret this verse as a strong warning against sexual immorality and dissipation. Scholars like Ellicott and Gill specify that the phrase 'that which destroyeth kings' refers to the ruinous influence of such relationships, citing King Solomon's life as a prime example of a leader led astray.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To that which destroyeth - The temptations of the harem were then, as now, the curse of all Eastern kingdoms.
19th Century
Anglican
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings. —A slight change in the punctuation will give a better sense, “to those that …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Give not your strength unto women Strength of body, which is weakened by an excessive use of venery F2 wi…
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