Holy Scripture
Proverbs 5:9
A church father on this verse
“Give not thine honour unto aliens and thy years unto the cruel, lest haply strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours be in the house of a stranger, and thou moan at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed. For who are aliens from us but malignant spirits, who are separated from the lot of the hea…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9Lest thou give away thy life to others, And thy substance to the merciless:
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7Now then, my son, hear me, And make not my words of none effect.
8Remove thy way far from her; Draw not near to the doors of her house:
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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,