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Keep[a] far away from her,
    and don’t go near the entrance to her house,
so that you don’t give your honor to others,
    and waste your best years;[b]
10 so that strangers don’t enrich themselves at your expense,[c]
    and your work won’t end up the possession of foreigners.[d]

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  1. Proverbs 5:8 Lit. Keep your path
  2. Proverbs 5:9 Lit. and your years to the cruel
  3. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. don’t satisfy themselves with your strength
  4. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. won’t go into a foreigner’s house