Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 5:17

"Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee." — Proverbs 5:17 (ASV)

Let them be only thine own.— The deepest joys and sorrows of each heart are sacred, and cannot be shared with others (Proverbs 14:10), and so it is with the various relations of family life also; strangers have no part in them.