Proverbs 5:10
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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.
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.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 6:35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- Hosea 7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
- Proverbs 31:3Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
- Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
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