Proverbs 5:9 (WEB)
lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
Fathers and councils · 2
Gregory the Great
“Whence it is well said through Solomon, 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 (Ibid. v. 9, seq.).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“And when He says, “Be not much with a strange woman,” He admonishes us to use indeed, but not to linger and spend time with, secular culture.” — editor's note: Prov. v. 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 20.
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