Proverbs 5:9

Thine honour. — Rather, freshness, vigour.

Thy years. — The best years of thy life.

Unto the cruel. — That is the temptress herself, or her hangers-on and associates, whose sole idea is plunder.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thine honor - i. e., “The grace and freshness of thy youth” (compare Hosea 14:6 ; Daniel 10:8 ). The thought of this is to guard the young man...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lest thou give thine (e) honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: (e) That is, your strength and goods to her who will have no pity on you...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 5:1-9 ; Proverbs 5:10-19 ; Proverbs 5:20-23 . Three hortatory discourses exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and Proverbs 5:3 ....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

years. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what happens in them.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest thou give thine honor - The character of a debauchee is universally detes...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lest thou give thine honour unto others— The word others אחרים acheirim, denoted, among the Israelites, strangers; aliens from the true relig...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest thou give thine honour unto others. "Thine honour" - i:e., thy ch...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unholy Passion. Hallowed Love A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequen...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 6 THE WAYS AND ISSUES OF SIN "His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. He shall die fo...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Quicksands! Keep Off! Proverbs 5:1-14 It is a matter for great thankfulness that the Bible, which is God's book rather than man's, deals so str...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and searching....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lest thou give thine honour unto others ,.... To strumpets, their children, attendants, servants, and friends; that is, either wealth or riches, whi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Ver. 9. Lest thou give thine honour, ] i.e., Whatsoever within thee, or...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Come not nigh the door of her house Lest thine eyes affect thy heart, and her allurements prevail over thee. Lest thou give thine honour Thy dign...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thine honour; thy dignity and reputation, the strength and rigour of thy body and mind, which is an honour to a man, and which are commonly wasted...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Need To Listen To Solomon's Wisdom And Not To Be Enticed By The Words Of The Strange Woman Which Lead To Death And Slavery ( Proverbs 5:1-14 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ILLUSTRATION OF Proverbs 5:19 Here we have started up, and sent leaping over the plain, another of Solomon’s favourites. What elegant creatures...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 5:3 . The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb. She employs all her arts for bread, for drunkenness, for crime. How wretched, how...
The Biblical Illustrator

My son, attend unto my wisdom. Caution against sexual sins The scope of the passage is a warning against seventh-commandment sins, which youth...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lest thou give thine honour unto others. A man’s honour sunk in sensuality A good name is better than precious ointment, but of a good name thi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 5:1-20 8. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this d...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning against Wantonness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

lest thou give thine honor unto others, for there is not only the exposure of the fornicator to be considered, but also the fact that the harlot and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 38:23-26 ; Hosea 4:13 ; Hosea 4:14 ; Judges 16:19-21 ; Nehemiah 13:26 ; Proverbs 6:29-35
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Honour — Thy dignity and reputation, the strength of thy body and mind. Years — The flower of thine age. The cruel — To the harlot, who though she...

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Related Commentaries of Proverbs 5:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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