Proverbs 5:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

Proverbs 5:10 —

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Cross-References

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Hosea 7:9
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Proverbs 6:35
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
Proverbs 31:3
Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.
Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-14)

Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Prov. 5:1, 2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God’s name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord. “Attend, and bow thy ear;…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. wealth--literally, “strength,” or the result of it. labours--the fruit of thy painful exertions (Psa 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (De 22:22).