Proverbs 5:9-19

⁹Lest thou give away thy life to others, And thy substance to the merciless:

¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors come into the houses of strangers;

¹¹And thou repent at last, When the flesh of thy body is consumed,

¹²And thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart avoided reproofs!

¹³I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, Neither did I apply mine ear.

¹⁴I was almost in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.

¹⁵Drink waters out of thine own vessels, And out of thine own springing wells.

¹⁶Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, But let thy waters go into thy streets.

¹⁷Let them be only thine own, And let no stranger partake with thee.

¹⁸Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; And rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

¹⁹Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, And let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; For ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.