Verse 10
lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 6:35 : 35 He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
- Prov 31:3 : 3 Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.
- Hos 7:9 : 9 Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it!
- Luke 15:30 : 30 But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’