lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.
Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings.
But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’