10 Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,
He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!
Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.
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Commentary on Proverbs 5 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 5
The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of ch. 2. To write the same things, in other words, ought not to be grievous, for it is safe, Phil. 3:1. Here is,
And all little enough to arm young people against those fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
Pro 5:1-14
Here we have,
Pro 5:15-23
Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them.