¹⁰ Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

⁹ Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

³ Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

³⁵ He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

³⁰ But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.