Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, 1 And thy labors come into the houses of strangers; 1
Updated 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, 1 And thy substance to the merciless: 1
11And thou repent at last, 1 When the flesh of thy body is consumed, 1
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: 1 But he that keeps harlots will waste wealth. 1
Hosea 7:9Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew it not; and gray 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 →