Proverbs 5:9
“Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:”
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Proverbs 5:9 Context
7Heare me now therefore, O yee children: & depart not from the words of my mouth. 8Remoue thy way farre from her, and come not nie the doore of her house: 9Lest thou giue thine honour vnto others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell: 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger, 11And thou mourne at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
- King James Version
Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one;
- New American Standard Version (1995)