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Proverbs 5:8–9

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8Keep your way far from her,

and do not go near the door of her house,*

9lest you give your honor to others

and your years to the merciless,

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Cross references

  1. *Prov 7:25; 9:14

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Keep to a path far from her,

do not go near the door of her house,

lest you lose your honor to others

and your dignity to one who is cruel,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Keep your way far from her.

Don’t go near the door of her house.

Otherwise, you will give up your vitality to others

and your years to someone cruel;

NLTNew Living Translation

Stay away from her!

Don’t go near the door of her house!

If you do, you will lose your honor

and will lose to merciless people all you have achieved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Keep your paths far from her,

and do not go near to the door of her house,

lest you give your honor to the others,

and your years to the merciless,

KJV 1900King James Version

Remove thy way far from her,

And come not nigh the door of her house:

Lest thou give thine honour unto others,

And thy years unto the cruel: