Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien;
Revised Version 1895
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 thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
11And thou mourn at thy latter end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.
Hosea 7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth 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 →