Proverbs 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;”
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BSBPD
“lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 5:9 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 38:23“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
- Judges 16:19And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- Hosea 4:13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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