Proverbs 5:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; And thy labours be in the house of an alien;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; And thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]–

American Standard Version (1901)

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

Common English Bible

Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength, and your hard work will end up in a foreigner’s house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Otherwise, outsiders may be filled with your strength, and your labors may be in a foreign house,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,

Proverbs 5:10 Cross References

Proverbs 29:3

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

Proverbs 31:3

Give not thy strength unto women, Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

Proverbs 5:11

And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Proverbs 5:9

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 6:26

For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:35

He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Hosea 7:9

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

Luke 15:30

but when this thy son came, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.