Proverbs 5:9-11

New King James Version

⁹Lest you give your ^[a]honor to others,
And your years to the cruel one;
¹⁰Lest aliens be filled with your ^[b]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
¹¹And you mourn at last,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Proverbs 5:9 vigor
Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength

Proverbs 5:9-11

New International Version

⁹lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.^(A)
¹¹At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.