Proverbs 5:9
That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell:
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
In Context
8Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.
10That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.
Cross References
Genesis 38:23And Iuda sayde: Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: beholde, I sent the kyd, & thou hast not found her.
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 →