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lest you give your strength to others
    and your years to one who is cruel;
10 lest strangers feast on your strength,
    your labors go to a foreigner’s house.
11 At the end of your life, you will groan,
when your flesh and body are spent—

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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