Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 5:10
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Berean Standard Bible
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
King James Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
World English Bible
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
American Standard Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 5
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!
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