³ Don't give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.

¹⁷ Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

²⁶ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.

⁹ Lest you give your honor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

¹⁰ Lest strangers feast on your wealth, And your labors enrich another man's house.

¹¹ You will groan at your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,

¹ Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

²⁶ For she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty host.

²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.

¹¹ Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.