Proverbs 5:9
lest you give your honor to others and your years to the merciless,
In context
6 she does not ponder the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
7 And now, O sons, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth. 8 Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, 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 labors go to the house of a foreigner, 11 and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, 12 and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 5:9 in the KJV
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, And thy years unto the cruel:
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 5:9 in the NIV
lest you lose your honor to others and your dignity to one who is cruel,