Proverbs 5:9

New International Reader's Version

If you do, you will lose your honor to other people. You will give your self-respect to someone who is mean.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:26

That’s how Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned. He married women from other nations. There wasn’t a king like him anywhere. His God loved him. In fact, God made him king over the whole nation of Israel. But even he was led into sin by women from other lands.

Proverbs 31:3

Don’t waste your strength on women. Don’t waste it on those who destroy kings.

Proverbs 5:10

Strangers will use up all your wealth. Your hard work will make someone else rich.

Proverbs 5:8

Stay on a path far away from that evil woman. Don’t even go near the door of her house.

Proverbs 6:26

A prostitute can be bought for only a loaf of bread. But another man’s wife hunts your very life.