9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel; 10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner. 11 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,
Proverbs 5:9–11
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Proverbs 24:33–34
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
Proverbs 6:10–12
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Wisdom of Solomon 3:16–18
16 But children of adulterers will not come to maturity. The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away. (WEB) 17 For if they live long, they will not be esteemed, and in the end, their old age will be without honor. (WEB) 18 If they die young, they will have no hope, nor consolati… (WEB)
Sirach 13:7–9
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Sirach 26:18–20
18 As the golden pillars are upon a base of silver, so are beautiful feet with the breasts of one who is steadfast. (WEB) 19 My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers. (KJV) 20 When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the fiel… (KJV)
Sirach 14:14–16
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Sirach 18:30–32
30 Don’t go after your lusts. Restrain your appetites. (WEB) 31 If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire, she will make you the laughing stock of your enemies. (WEB) 32 Don’t make merry in much luxury, and don’t be tied to its expense. (WEB)
2 Baruch 21:13–15
13 those who have been righteous. For if there were this life only, which belongs to all men, nothing could be more bitter than this, (2BA) 14 For of what profit is strength that turns to sickness, Or fullness of food that turns to famine, Or beauty that turns to ugliness. (2BA)
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