Proverbs 5:10

That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

In Context

9That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell:

11Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say:

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Cross References

Proverbs 29:3Who so loueth wisdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth companie with harlottes, spendeth away that he hath.

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 →

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