Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
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Gill's Exposition
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, Pro 5:9; and strength of mind, reason, and wisdom, which…
Barnes' Notes
To that which destroyeth - The temptations of the harem were then, as now, the curse of all Eastern kingdoms.
Most interpreters are of opinion that Lemuel is Solomon; the name signifies one that is for God, or devoted to God; and so it agrees well enough with that honourable name which, by divine appointment,…
Cambridge Bible
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. Deu 17:17; 1Ki 11:1-8.
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