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lest you give your honor to others,
    and your years to the cruel;
10 lest strangers be filled with your wealth,
    and your labors go to the house of a stranger;
11 and you mourn at the last,
    when your flesh and your body are consumed,

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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.(A)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.

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  1. Proverbs 5:9 Or years