Genesis 38:23-26; Hosea 4:13; Hosea 4:14; Judges 16:19-21; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 6:29-35
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...
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...
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 ....
years. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what happens in them.
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...
Lest thou give thine honour unto others— The word others אחרים acheirim, denoted, among the Israelites, strangers; aliens from the true relig...
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...
Unholy Passion. Hallowed Love A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequen...
Thine honour. — Rather, freshness, vigour. Thy years. — The best years of thy life. Unto the cruel. — That is the temptress herself, or her...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Lest thou give thine honour unto others ,.... To strumpets, their children, attendants, servants, and friends; that is, either wealth or riches, whi...
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...
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...
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend...
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...
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 )....
ILLUSTRATION OF Proverbs 5:19 Here we have started up, and sent leaping over the plain, another of Solomon’s favourites. What elegant creatures...
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...
My son, attend unto my wisdom. Caution against sexual sins The scope of the passage is a warning against seventh-commandment sins, which youth...
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...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 5:1-20 8. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this d...
Warning against Wantonness
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...
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...
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: