Proverbs 5:10

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;

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!

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: for at ikke fremmede skal mettes av din eiendom, og frukten av din strev komme i en annen manns hus,
OTB: så fremmede fylles med din rikdom, og dine hardt opptjente eiendeler går til en fremmeds hus;
B1930: forat ikke fremmede skal mettes av din eiendom, og frukten av din møie komme i en annen manns hus,

BSB: lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
KJV: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
WEB: lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
ASV: Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
DARBY: lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;
BLB: lest strangers be satisfied [by] your strength, and your labors [be] in the house of a foreigner;

Hosea 7:9
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
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Proverbs 6:35
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
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Proverbs 31:3
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
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Luke 15:30
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
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