Holy Scripture
Proverbs 5:11
A church father on this verse
“And you moan at the last, etc. To be prefixed from above, Lest perhaps. And the sense is: Therefore keep yourself chaste, lest you be forced to groan in punishments, when not only the carnal allurements pass away, but also with the body itself being left, the soul, which acted through the body, is compelled to render…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
11And thou repent at last, When the flesh of thy body is consumed,
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In context
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;
— Proverbs 5:11 —
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.