Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give away thy life to others, 1 And thy substance to the merciless: 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
In Context
8Remove thy way far from her; 1 Draw not near to the doors of her house: 1
10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, 1 And thy labors come into the houses of strangers; 1
Cross References
Genesis 38:23And Judah said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.
Hosea 4:13They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.
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 →