Proverbs 5:10
And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
In Context
9For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:
11And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.
Hosea 7:9Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →