Proverbs 5:10
Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
In Context
9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.
Hosea 7:9Strangers haue deuoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray heares are here and there vpon him, yet he knoweth 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 →