³ Do ^(A)not give your strength to women,
    your ways to those ^(B)who destroy kings.

²⁶ for many a victim has she laid low,
    and all her slain are ^(A)a mighty throng.
²⁷ Her house is ^(B)the way to Sheol,
    going down to the chambers of death.

⁹ lest you give your honor to others
    and your years to the merciless,
¹⁰ lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your ^(A)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
¹¹ and at the end of your life you ^(B)groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,

     ¹¹ whoredom, wine, and new wine,
    which ^(A)take away the understanding.