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Proverbs 5:10
Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
Proverbs 5:10 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 5:10 in other translations
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
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In context
7 Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
8 Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
9 Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
10 Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
11 So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
12 And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
13 Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
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