Proverbs 5:10
Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
In Context
9Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.
11When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3A man who loves wisdom makes his father happy, but one who visits prostitutes throws away his money.
Hosea 7:9Foreigners drain his strength, and he doesn't even realize it. His hair is turning grey and he doesn't even notice.
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 →