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Keep your way far from her,(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,
Lest you give your honor[a] to others,(B)
    and your years to a merciless one;
10 Lest outsiders take their fill of your wealth,
    and your hard-won earnings go to another’s house;

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Footnotes

  1. 5:9 Honor: the words “life” and “wealth” have also been read in this place. A merciless one: the offended husband; cf. 6:34–35.