Proverbs 5:10
Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
Young's Literal Translation
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 to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Cross References
Proverbs 29:3A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
Hosea 7:9Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled [itself] on him, And he hath not known.
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 →