8 Let your way [in life] be far from her,

And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation], [Prov 4:15; Rom 16:17; 1 Thess 5:19-22]

9 Or you will give your honor to others,

And your years to the cruel one,

10 And strangers will be filled with your strength

And your hard-earned wealth will go to the house of a foreigner [who does not know God];

11 And you will groan when your life is ending,

When your flesh and your body are consumed;

12 And you say, "How I hated instruction and discipline,

And my heart despised correction and reproof!

13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers,

Nor have I inclined my ear to those who instructed me.

14 "I was almost in total ruin

In the midst of the assembly and congregation."