Proverbs 5:9
Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
In Context
8Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
10Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien.
Cross References
Genesis 38:23And Judah said: Thou must take it to her, lest we become a contempt,—lo! I sent this kid, and, thou, hast not found her.
Nehemiah 13:26Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned—though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel,—even him, did foreign women, cause to sin.
Hosea 4:13On the headlands of the mountains, they sacrifice, and, on the hills, burn they incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because, pleasant, is the shade thereof: For this cause, do your daughters, become unchaste, and, your brides, 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 →