New American Bible, Revised Edition

Proverbs 5:9-13 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

9. Lest you give your honor to others,and your years to a merciless one;

10. Lest outsiders take their fill of your wealth,and your hard-won earnings go to another’s house;

11. And you groan in the end,when your flesh and your body are consumed;

12. And you say, “Oh, why did I hate instruction,and my heart spurn reproof!

13. Why did I not listen to the voice of my teachers,incline my ear to my instructors!