8 Remove your way far from her.

Don’t come near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your honour to others,

and your years to the cruel one;

10 lest strangers feast on your wealth,

and your labours enrich another man’s house.

11 You will groan at your latter end,

when your flesh and your body are consumed,

12 and say, "How I have hated instruction,

and my heart despised reproof.

13 I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers,

nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!

14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin,

amongst the gathered assembly."