Proverbs 5:10

The Scriptures 1998

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

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“Strangers have devoured his strength, but he does not know it. Grey hairs are also sprinkled on him, and he does not know it.

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

He does not regard any ransom, Nor accept your bribe, however great!

‘But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with whores, you slaughtered the fattened calf for him.’

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

Then you shall howl in your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,

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

He who loves wisdom gladdens his father, But a companion of whores destroys wealth.