Proverbs 5:10 (BSB)

lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

From Proverbs 5. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 5:10

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14: Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Pro 5:1, Pro 5:2. 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.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 5:10: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth,.... The adulteress, her husband, children, friends, bawds, and such like persons she is concerned with; these share the wealth of the adulterer, abound with it, and live profusely on it, until he is stripped quite bare and destitute: or, "with thy strength"; See Gill on Pro 5:9.
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 5:10: 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 (Deu 22:22).
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 5:10: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger; (f) The goods gotten by your travel.