Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give thy bloom to others, And thy years to a cruel one;
Noyes Bible
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. And come not nigh the door of her house:
10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, And thine earnings be in the house of an alien;
Cross References
Hosea 4:13On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, And on the hills they burn incense, Under the oak, and the poplar, and the terebinth, Because their shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters commit fornication, And your daughters-in-law 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 →