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Proverbs 5:9

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Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

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  1. Proverbs 5:7

    Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

  2. Proverbs 5:8

    Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

  3. Proverbs 5:10

    Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

  4. Proverbs 5:11

    And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.