Bible verse
lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
Proverbs 5:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 5.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
6 She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
11 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
13 I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
KJV
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
ASV
Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;
ERV
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
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