Proverbs 5:9
Lest you give your splendor to others, || And your years to the fierce,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
In Context
8Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
10Lest strangers be filled [with] your power, || And your labors in the house of a stranger,
Cross References
Genesis 38:23and Judah says, “Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.”
Nehemiah 13:26By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? And among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God makes him king over all Israel—even him [whom] the strange women caused to sin.
Hosea 4:13On tops of the mountains they sacrifice, || And on the hills they make incense, || Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, || For good [is] its shade.
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 →