Proverbs 5:10
lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
In Context
9lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless:
11and thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.
Hosea 7:9Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew it not; and grey hairs came upon him, and he knew it not.
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 →