King James Version
Proverbs 5:9 in the King James Version says “Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:”
Proverbs 5:9 · KJV
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
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:
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; thy wealth: Heb. thy strength
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Lest thou give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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