Without doubt, a man loses strength when he is overcome. “For by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.” (2 Peter 2:19) And without question, a man who is overcome by a woman is weaker than a woman — however that may look. For her beauty is stronger than his strength. And as a result, she is in the position of a man in the household. For she has overcome him. How does she overcome him except by her beauty? As it says, “Turn your eyes away from me, For they have overcome me;” (Song of Solomon 6:5) And, “You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace.” (Song of Solomon 4:9) So we see the power a woman has over a man. As wisdom says, “Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings.” (Proverbs 31:3) God gave us marriage between man and woman. But beware of sexual immorality.
Recognize what a great warrior Samson was! He was strong with the strength of God. Yet he was overcome by foreign woman and harlots. And without question, if anyone wishes to overcome lust, they need strength. But look how strong Samson’s strength, yet he fell to women. Now the wisest man once said, "Wisdom is better than strength.” (Ecclesiastes 9:16) And Solomon was the wisest man on earth at the time. But was he not also overcome by women? For he had “seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.” (1 Kings 11:3) And his many wives led his heart astray to worship idols. Furthermore, if anyone is perfect and blameless, it would be his father, David. Yet he saw the beauty of a woman and sinned. He took Bathsheba for his wife although she was married. And weren’t even the angels overcome by women? They are not flesh and blood as we, but mighty spirits. Yet they were overcome by the beauty of women. Consider how great a fall these had because of women.
Without question, no-one on earth is stronger than the king. Even yet, the king Herod swore to give up to half of his kingdom for the sake of a woman. And did not the king Ahasuerus, in the days of Ester, promise to give her up to half of the kingdom? And without doubt, no matter how powerful a man is, no man comes into the world except through a woman. And does not a man leave father and mother to be joined to his wife? So we see, there is no greater strength over a man than a woman.
God made women beautiful. But consider God, who is more beautiful, having created the beauty of all things. Should you really lust after her beauty? Rather seek the visible image of the invisible God in Jesus Christ and set your affections on Him, and pray that you may not sin. For lust is the beginning of sin; for “when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin.” (James 1:10) Men who are overcome by women lose their masculinity. They depart from their role as head in the household of marriage. And as a result, like a four-footed animal, the head and the body are on level plain. Is not the fear great? Consider how great the sin of sexual immorality is. For “Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18) And, “Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God,” (1 Corinthians 6:19) and “you are not your own.” (1 Corinthians 6:19) “If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.” (1 Corinthians 3:17) “Flee from sexual immorality.” (1 Corinthians 6:19) For God is the Avenger of all such sins (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7).