Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled [with] your power, || And your labors in the house of a stranger,
Literal Standard 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
9Lest you give your splendor to others, || And your years to the fierce,
11And you have howled in your latter end, || In the consumption of your flesh and your food,
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3A man loving wisdom makes his father glad, || And a friend of harlots destroys wealth.
Hosea 7:9Strangers have devoured his power, || And he has not known, || Also old age has sprinkled [itself] on him, || And he has not known.
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 →