Proverbs 5:9 - Tree of Life Version

⁹ lest you give your strength to others and your years to one who is cruel;

More versions

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.

Proverbs 5:9 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26

Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin about these things? Yet among many nations there was never any king like him. Yes, he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless, the foreign women caused even him to sin.

Proverbs 31:3

do not give your vigor to women, or your ways to what ruins kings.

Proverbs 5:10

lest strangers feast on your strength, your labors go to a foreigner’s house.

Proverbs 5:8

Keep your path far from her and do not go near the door of her house—

Proverbs 6:26

For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a loaf of bread; a man’s wife preys on your precious life.