Proverbs 5:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ Lest you give your splendour to others, And your years to one who is cruel;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Lest thou give thine honour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

Common English Bible

⁹ Otherwise, you will give your strength to others, your years to a cruel person.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Do not give your honor to foreigners, and your years to the cruel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

Proverbs 5:9 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26

“Did not Shelomoh sovereign of Yisra’ĕl sin because of them? Among the many nations there was no sovereign like him, who was beloved of his Elohim, and Elohim made him sovereign over all Yisra’ĕl. Even him foreign women caused to sin.

Proverbs 31:3

Do not give your strength to women, Nor your ways to wiping away sovereigns.

Proverbs 5:10

Lest strangers be filled with your strength, And your labours go to the house of a foreigner.

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your way far from her, And do not come near the door of her house,

Proverbs 6:26

For because of a whore One is brought to a crust of bread. And an adulteress hunts a precious life.