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Proverbs 5:9-11
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 5:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 lest you turn over your life to others
and your years to one without mercy,
10 lest strangers grow prosperous on your wealth[a]
and your arduous toil enrich another man’s house.
11 Then, at the end of your life, you will groan
when your flesh and your body are consumed.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:10 Strangers grow prosperous on your wealth: the man who has consort with an adulteress loses all (see Prov 29:3) while the man who adheres to wisdom is enriched in every way (see Prov 3:16-18).
