Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
In Context
9Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.
11And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3A man that loveth wisdom, rejoiceth his father: but he that maintaineth bar lots, shall squander away his substance.
Hosea 7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knew it not: yea, grey hairs also are spread about upon him, and he is ignorant 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 →