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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 5:10

wealth. Hebrew strength: put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for what is produced by it. labours. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for what is produced by it. a stranger = a foreigner. Hebrew. nakar. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 5:3 , Proverbs 5:17 . See note above and on Proverbs 2:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 5:9

WARNING OF WHAT BEFALLS VIOLATORS OF THIS LAW"Lest thou give thine honor unto others,And thy years unto the cruel.Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,And thy labors be in the house of an alien.And thou mourn at thy latter end,When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,And say, How have I hated instruction,And my heart despised reproof;Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers,Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!I was well-nigh in all evilIn the midst of the assembly and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:9

Proverbs 5:9. Lest thou give thine honour unto others— The word others אחרים acheirim, denoted, among the Israelites, strangers; aliens from the true religion, and also its enemies. I suppose it has respect to selling into slavery, by which a person puts himself under the yoke of strangers. It was a great crime to sell one's self; a greater to do so to strangers and aliens from the worship of the true God. He who cleaves to an adulteress sells himself from the family of God, and delivers... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 5:11

Proverbs 5:11. And thou mourn at the last— When in the decline of life thou shalt be without strength, without vigour, without children, without support, without resource. We must recollect the great desire which the Hebrews had for children and a numerous family, in order fully to conceive the remorse of the man who finds himself, through his own fault, incapacitated from having legitimate children; of a man used to debauchery, and surrounded with the evils which are the natural consequences... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:9

9. thine honour—in whatever consisting, strength (Proverbs 3:13) or wealth. thy years—by cutting them off in dissipation. unto the cruel—for such the sensual are apt to become. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:10

10. wealth—literally, "strength," or the result of it. labours—the fruit of thy painful exertions (Psalms 127:2). There may be a reference to slavery, a commuted punishment for death due the adulterer (Deuteronomy 22:22). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 5:11

11. at the last—the end, or reward (compare Proverbs 5:4). mourn—roar in pain. flesh and . . . body—the whole person under incurable disease. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 5:1-23

9. Warnings against unfaithfulness in marriage ch. 5Chapters 5-7 all deal with the consequences of sexual sins: eventual disappointment (ch. 5), gradual destruction (ch. 6), and ultimate death (ch. 7). [Note: Wiersbe, p. 48.] Chapter 5 first reveals the ugliness under the surface of the attractive seductress (Proverbs 5:1-6). Then it clarifies the price of unfaithfulness (Proverbs 5:7-14). Finally it extols the wisdom of marital fidelity (Proverbs 5:15-23). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Proverbs 5:7-14

The price of unfaithfulness 5:7-14The price of unfaithfulness is so high that it is unreasonable. Therefore one is wise to avoid tempting himself or herself by continuing to admire the "merchandise." Most marital infidelity occurs because the parties involved continue to spend time together. Here Solomon advised avoiding the company of a temptress (cf. Genesis 39:10; 2 Timothy 2:22; Matthew 5:28-29).The price of unfaithfulness is not just physical disease (Proverbs 5:11 b)-though that may be... read more

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