Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!
    Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!(A)
Do not spend your strength[a] on women,
    your vigor on those who ruin kings.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:3 Or wealth

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.

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