Proverbs 5:10

A Conservative Version

lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

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Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.

Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroys kings.

He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.

But when this thy son came, who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou killed for him the fatted calf.

lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,

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

For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.

He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes [his] substance.