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The Financial Cost of Sin
All commentators agree that this verse issues a stark warning about the financial consequences of adultery. They explain that your "strength" refers to your wealth and vitality, and your "labors" are the fruits of your hard work. Engaging in this sin leads to tangible poverty, as your resources are squandered and consumed by others.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 5:10
18th Century
Theologian
Strangers - The whole gang of those into whose hands the slave of lust yields himself. The words are significant as showing that the older p…
John Gill
On Proverbs 5:10
17th Century
Pastor
Lest strangers be filled with your wealth
The adulteress, her husband, children, friends, bawds, and such like perso…
Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 5:1–14
17th Century
Minister
Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some interpret "the adulterous woman" mentioned here as idolatry or…