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Keep your way far from her,
    and do not go near the door of her house;
lest you give your honor to others
    and your years to the merciless;
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,[a]
    and your labors go to the house of an alien;

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  1. Proverbs 5:10 Or wealth

Keep to a path far from her,(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,
lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity[a] to one who is cruel,
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 5:9 Or years