Proverbs 7:25(v8)Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,
Ephesians 5:11(v8)Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
Proverbs 12:1(v12)Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Proverbs 4:15(v8)Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Matthew 6:13(v8)Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’
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Proverbs 6:27-28(v8)Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Romans 6:21(v11)What fruit then did you have at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Proverbs 1:7(v12)The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:22(v12)“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:25(v12)but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
Proverbs 15:5(v12)A fool despises his father’s correction, but he who heeds reproof shows prudence.
Revelation 22:15(v11)Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Exodus 2:13-14(v12)He went out the second day, and behold, two men of the Hebrews were fighting with each other. He said to him who did the wrong, “Why do you…
Psalms 50:17(v12)since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
Proverbs 13:18(v12)Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline, but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
Jeremiah 44:4(v12)However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I…
Zechariah 1:4-6(v12)Don’t you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Yahweh of Armies says, ‘Return now from your evil ways, and…
John 3:19-20(v12)This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.…
1 Thessalonians 4:8(v13)Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
Genesis 19:9(v12)They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now we will deal…
Numbers 5:27(v11)When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the…
2 Chronicles 24:20-22(v12)The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you…
2 Chronicles 25:16(v12)As he talked with him, the king said to him, “Have we made you one of the king’s counselors? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the…
2 Chronicles 33:10-11(v12)Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they didn’t listen. Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king…
2 Chronicles 36:16(v12)but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people,…
Nehemiah 13:26(v9)Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God…
Psalms 73:22(v12)I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
Proverbs 6:35(v10)He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
Hosea 7:9(v10)Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn’t realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn’t realize it.
Zechariah 7:11-14(v12)But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. Yes, they made their hearts as hard…
Luke 15:18(v13)I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
Hebrews 13:4(v11)Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Hebrews 13:7(v13)Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
Deuteronomy 32:29(v11)Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Proverbs 1:29-30(v12)because they hated knowledge, and didn’t choose the fear of Yahweh. They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 6:23(v12)For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Proverbs 7:23(v11)Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
Proverbs 31:3(v10)Don’t give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Jeremiah 5:31(v11)The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end…
Hosea 4:13-14(v9)They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because its shade is…
1 Corinthians 5:4-5(v11)In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, are to deliver…
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13(v13)But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you, and to respect and honor them…
Revelation 21:8(v11)But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in…
Genesis 38:23-26(v9)Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.” About three months later,…
Judges 16:19-21(v9)She made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his…
Luke 15:30(v10)But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn vv9–10That is, thy strength and goods to her that…
That is, thy strength and goods to her that will have no pity upon thee: as is read of Samson, and the prodigal son.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv8–13Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and…
Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Ver. 8. Remove thy way far from her.] The Jesuits boast (but believe them who will) that they can dally with the fairest women without danger. But he that would not be burnt must dread the fire; he that would not hear the bell, must not meddle with the rope.
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“ Quid facies facies Veneris cum veneris ante?
Non sedeas, sed eas; ne pereas, per eas. ”
"Chambering and wantonness," is a deed of darkness and dishonesty. {Rom 13:13 Exo 23:7}
Come not nigh the doors.] Keep thee far from an evil matter, saith Moses. The plague (and worse) is at the harlot’s house; stand off, αφισπασο. {1Ti 6:5} To venture upon the occasion of sin, and then to pray, "Lead us not into temptation," is all one, as to thrust thy finger into the fire, and then to pray that it may not be burnt. Was not he a wise man that would haunt taverns, theatres, and whore houses at London all day, but yet durst not go forth without prayer in the morning, and then would say at his departure, Now devil do thy worst? {a}
{a} Shepherd’s Sincere Convert, 232.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv8–13Lest thine eyes affect thine heart, and her allurements…
Lest thine eyes affect thine heart, and her allurements prevail over thee.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv8–13Remove thy way far from her,.... The way of…
Remove thy way far from her,.... The way of the mind, walk, and conversation; keep at the greatest distance from her; neither come where she is, nor look at her, nor converse with her; shun her, as one would the pest or a loathsome carcass; go a good way about rather than come near her, or be within sight of her, or so as to be in any danger of being ensnared by her;
and come not nigh the door of her house; not only not enter her chamber, but go not to her house; no, not over the threshold of the door, nor near the door; but avoid her house, as one would a house that has the plague in it. Men should not go in the way of temptation, trusting to their own strength; they may be entangled and overcome before they are aware; is good to keep out of the way of it. And as it becomes the children of Wisdom to wait at her gates, and at the posts of her door, to gain knowledge and understanding of divine things; so they should not go within the doors of false teachers, nor near them, nor admit them within theirs. It is a complaint against the church at Thyatira, that she suffered the woman Jezebel, the Romish harlot, to teach and seduce the servants of Christ, or connived at their attendance on her, Rev 2:20.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn v9honour - Thy dignity and reputation, the strength of…
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 pretends love, yet in truth is one of the most cruel creatures in the world, wasting thy estate and body without pity, and damming thy soul forever. 10. Strangers - Not only the strange women themselves, but others who are in league with them. labours - Wealth gotten by thy labours.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv8, 9, 11Verse 8. Come not nigh the door of her…
Verse 8. Come not nigh the door of her house] Where there are generally such exhibitions as have a natural tendency to excite impure thoughts, and irregular passions.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson1811 · Public DomainOn v8Pro 5:8-14. Come not nigh the door of her…
Pro 5:8-14. 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 dignity and reputation, the strength and vigour of thy body and mind; unto others — Unto whores, and their base attendants; and thy years — The flower of thine age, and thy precious time, unto the cruel — To the harlot, who, though she pretends love, yet, in truth, is one of the most cruel creatures in the world, wasting thy estate and body, without the least pity, and destroying thy soul for ever. Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth — Not only the strange women themselves, but others who are in league with them; and thy labours — Wealth gotten by thy labours; in the house of a stranger — Of a strange family, whose house and table are furnished with the fruit of thy care and labours. And thou mourn at the last — Bitterly bewail thy madness and misery, when it is too late; when thy flesh and thy body, or even thy body, are consumed — By those manifold diseases which the indulgence of fleshly lusts bring upon the body; And say, How have I hated instruction! — How stupidly foolish have I been in not considering all this sooner! How senselessly bent upon my own ruin! And my heart despised reproof — I am amazed to think how I hated the cautions that were given me to avoid such ways, and the just reproofs I received for inclining to them. And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers — Of my parents, friends, and God’s ministers, who informed me of my danger, and faithfully and seasonably warned me of those mischiefs and miseries in which I am now involved. I was almost in all evil — I gave myself up to follow my lusts, which, in a short time, engaged me in almost every kind of wickedness, from which the reverence of no persons could restrain me, not even a regard to the congregation and assembly of God’s people.
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Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv9–12Thine honor - i. e., “The grace and freshness…
Thine honor - i. e., “The grace and freshness of thy youth” (compare Hos 14:6; Dan 10:8). The thought of this is to guard the young man against the sins that stain and mar it. The slave of lust sacrifices “years” that might have been peaceful and happy to one who is merciless.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary1859 · Public DomainOn vv9–11Strangers. The world, the flesh, and the devil are…
Strangers. The world, the flesh, and the devil are such; cruelly devising our ruin. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown1871 · Public DomainOn vv8–12Avoid the slightest temptation.
Avoid the slightest temptation.
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv8–128. Come not nigh the door of her house…
8. Come not nigh the door of her house — Lest thou fall under her enchantments. These creatures know how to excite impure and irregular passions.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv9–119. others] instead of to thine own, Pro_5:15; Pro_5:17.…
9. others] instead of to thine own, Pro_5:15; Pro_5:17. Comp. Pro_5:10.
the cruel] The Heb. noun is masc. sing. and is intended perhaps vividly to describe the sin with its cruel consequences (Pro_6:26; Pro_6:31-35; Pro_7:22-23; Pro_7:26) as a merciless personal Avenger. LXX. ἀνελεήμοσιν, taking the Heb. word apparently as a collective noun.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers1878 · Public DomainOn vv8, 9, 11, 12(8) Remove thy way . . .—The great safeguard…
(8) Remove thy way . . .—The great safeguard in such temptations, as all moralists with one mouth advise, is flight.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv8–13Remove thy way far from her. In other words,…
Remove thy way far from her. In other words, this is the same as St. Paul counsels, "Flee fornication". (1Co_6:14) From her (mealeyah; desuper ea). The term conveys the impression that the youth has come within the compass of her temptations, or that in the highest degree he is liable to them. The Hebrew meal, compounded of min and al, and meaning" from upon," being used of persons or things which go away from the place in or upon which they had been. And come not nigh the door of her house; i.e. shun the very place where she dwells. "Be so far from coming into her chamber as not to come near the door of her house" (Patrick). She and her house are to be avoided as if they were infected with some mortal disease. The old proverb quoted by Muffet is applicable"He that would no evil do Must do nothing that "longeth i.e. belongeth thereto.
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The Biblical Illustrator1887 · Public DomainOn vv9, 11, 12, 13Lest thou give thine honour unto others.
Pro_5:9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others.
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A mans honour sunk in sensuality
A good name is better than precious ointment, but of a good name this abominable sin is the ruin. The credit of David and of Solomon was greatly sunk by it. By it has the honour of thousands been irretrievably lost. Life is a great blessing, and may be regarded as the foundation of every earthly blessing. But unclean persons part with everything that renders life worthy of the name, and in a literal sense, they often give their years unto the cruel. Their lives are lost in the pursuit of this sin by the just judgment of God, by its native consequences, or by the accidents to which it exposes those who practise it. And for what are these years given away? Did men generously part with their lives in the defence of their country, or for the sake of a generous friend, the loss would be amply compensated by honour, and by the pleasure of a good conscience. But how infatuated are they who give their years unto the cruel, who conceal a selfish and malignant heart under the mask of love! All unlawful love is hatred, and all tempters to it are cruel enemies to our happiness. Shall we then gratify inhuman enemies, at the expense of honour and life and everything dear to us? These false friends and malicious enemies rob you of your honour and life, with as much eagerness as if they could enjoy these precious blessings of which you are deprived. (G. Lawson, D.D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv9, 11, 13In that way
In that way
"If you do this." This phrase refers to what he has just said in previous verses.
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you will not give away your honor to others
Possible meanings for the word "honor" are 1) it refers to one's reputation. AT: "You will not lose your good reputation among other people" or 2) it refers to one's wealth and possessions. AT: "You will not give away your wealth to other people" or 3) it refers to strength and represents the prime years of one's life. AT: "You will not give away the best times of your life to other people"
or years of your life to a cruel person
The writer speaks of a person dying prematurely, possibly by murder, as if the years of his life were items that he gives away to another person. The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. AT: "or give years of your life to a cruel person" or "or cause a cruel person to kill you while you are still young" (See: Ellipsis and Metaphor)
a cruel person
This may refer to the husband of the adulteress, who will deal cruelly with the person who sleeps with her.
strangers will not feast on your wealth
The writer speaks of people taking and enjoying another person's wealth as if they were feasting on the wealth. AT: "strangers will not take all of your wealth" (See: Metaphor)
what you have worked for will not go into the house of strangers
Here the word "house" represents the person's family. AT: "the things that you have obtained will not end up belonging to the families of strangers" (See: Metonymy)
Tyndale Open Study Notes2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0On vv9, 115:9-10 An illicit relationship can be tempting, but it…
5:9-10 An illicit relationship can be tempting, but it eventually brings shame. If the woman is a prostitute, the young man will have to pay her and thus lose income. If the woman is another man’s wife, he might have to pay her husband (see Lev 20:10).
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv9–10 That is, thy strength and goods to her that…
That is, thy strength and goods to her that will have no pity upon thee: as is read of Samson, and the prodigal son.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–13 Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and…
Pro 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Ver. 8. Remove thy way far from her.] The Jesuits boast (but believe them who will) that they can dally with the fairest women without danger. But he that would not be burnt must dread the fire; he that would not hear the bell, must not meddle with the rope.
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“ Quid facies facies Veneris cum veneris ante?
Non sedeas, sed eas; ne pereas, per eas. ”
"Chambering and wantonness," is a deed of darkness and dishonesty. {Rom 13:13 Exo 23:7}
Come not nigh the doors.] Keep thee far from an evil matter, saith Moses. The plague (and worse) is at the harlot’s house; stand off, αφισπασο. {1Ti 6:5} To venture upon the occasion of sin, and then to pray, "Lead us not into temptation," is all one, as to thrust thy finger into the fire, and then to pray that it may not be burnt. Was not he a wise man that would haunt taverns, theatres, and whore houses at London all day, but yet durst not go forth without prayer in the morning, and then would say at his departure, Now devil do thy worst? {a}
{a} Shepherd’s Sincere Convert, 232.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv8–13 Lest thine eyes affect thine heart, and her allurements…
Lest thine eyes affect thine heart, and her allurements prevail over thee.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–13 Remove thy way far from her,.... The way of…
Remove thy way far from her,.... The way of the mind, walk, and conversation; keep at the greatest distance from her; neither come where she is, nor look at her, nor converse with her; shun her, as one would the pest or a loathsome carcass; go a good way about rather than come near her, or be within sight of her, or so as to be in any danger of being ensnared by her;
and come not nigh the door of her house; not only not enter her chamber, but go not to her house; no, not over the threshold of the door, nor near the door; but avoid her house, as one would a house that has the plague in it. Men should not go in the way of temptation, trusting to their own strength; they may be entangled and overcome before they are aware; is good to keep out of the way of it. And as it becomes the children of Wisdom to wait at her gates, and at the posts of her door, to gain knowledge and understanding of divine things; so they should not go within the doors of false teachers, nor near them, nor admit them within theirs. It is a complaint against the church at Thyatira, that she suffered the woman Jezebel, the Romish harlot, to teach and seduce the servants of Christ, or connived at their attendance on her, Rev 2:20.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v9 honour - Thy dignity and reputation, the strength of…
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 pretends love, yet in truth is one of the most cruel creatures in the world, wasting thy estate and body without pity, and damming thy soul forever. 10. Strangers - Not only the strange women themselves, but others who are in league with them. labours - Wealth gotten by thy labours.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 11 Verse 8. Come not nigh the door of her…
Verse 8. Come not nigh the door of her house] Where there are generally such exhibitions as have a natural tendency to excite impure thoughts, and irregular passions.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v8 Pro 5:8-14. Come not nigh the door of her…
Pro 5:8-14. 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 dignity and reputation, the strength and vigour of thy body and mind; unto others — Unto whores, and their base attendants; and thy years — The flower of thine age, and thy precious time, unto the cruel — To the harlot, who, though she pretends love, yet, in truth, is one of the most cruel creatures in the world, wasting thy estate and body, without the least pity, and destroying thy soul for ever. Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth — Not only the strange women themselves, but others who are in league with them; and thy labours — Wealth gotten by thy labours; in the house of a stranger — Of a strange family, whose house and table are furnished with the fruit of thy care and labours. And thou mourn at the last — Bitterly bewail thy madness and misery, when it is too late; when thy flesh and thy body, or even thy body, are consumed — By those manifold diseases which the indulgence of fleshly lusts bring upon the body; And say, How have I hated instruction! — How stupidly foolish have I been in not considering all this sooner! How senselessly bent upon my own ruin! And my heart despised reproof — I am amazed to think how I hated the cautions that were given me to avoid such ways, and the just reproofs I received for inclining to them. And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers — Of my parents, friends, and God’s ministers, who informed me of my danger, and faithfully and seasonably warned me of those mischiefs and miseries in which I am now involved. I was almost in all evil — I gave myself up to follow my lusts, which, in a short time, engaged me in almost every kind of wickedness, from which the reverence of no persons could restrain me, not even a regard to the congregation and assembly of God’s people.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv9–12 Thine honor - i. e., “The grace and freshness…
Thine honor - i. e., “The grace and freshness of thy youth” (compare Hos 14:6; Dan 10:8). The thought of this is to guard the young man against the sins that stain and mar it. The slave of lust sacrifices “years” that might have been peaceful and happy to one who is merciless.
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv9–11 Strangers. The world, the flesh, and the devil are…
Strangers. The world, the flesh, and the devil are such; cruelly devising our ruin. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv8–12 Avoid the slightest temptation.
Avoid the slightest temptation.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8–12 8. Come not nigh the door of her house…
8. Come not nigh the door of her house — Lest thou fall under her enchantments. These creatures know how to excite impure and irregular passions.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv9–11 9. others] instead of to thine own, Pro_5:15; Pro_5:17.…
9. others] instead of to thine own, Pro_5:15; Pro_5:17. Comp. Pro_5:10.
the cruel] The Heb. noun is masc. sing. and is intended perhaps vividly to describe the sin with its cruel consequences (Pro_6:26; Pro_6:31-35; Pro_7:22-23; Pro_7:26) as a merciless personal Avenger. LXX. ἀνελεήμοσιν, taking the Heb. word apparently as a collective noun.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8, 9, 11, 12 (8) Remove thy way . . .—The great safeguard…
(8) Remove thy way . . .—The great safeguard in such temptations, as all moralists with one mouth advise, is flight.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–13 Remove thy way far from her. In other words,…
Remove thy way far from her. In other words, this is the same as St. Paul counsels, "Flee fornication". (1Co_6:14) From her (mealeyah; desuper ea). The term conveys the impression that the youth has come within the compass of her temptations, or that in the highest degree he is liable to them. The Hebrew meal, compounded of min and al, and meaning" from upon," being used of persons or things which go away from the place in or upon which they had been. And come not nigh the door of her house; i.e. shun the very place where she dwells. "Be so far from coming into her chamber as not to come near the door of her house" (Patrick). She and her house are to be avoided as if they were infected with some mortal disease. The old proverb quoted by Muffet is applicable"He that would no evil do Must do nothing that "longeth i.e. belongeth thereto.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On vv9, 11, 12, 13 Lest thou give thine honour unto others.
Pro_5:9
Lest thou give thine honour unto others.
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A mans honour sunk in sensuality
A good name is better than precious ointment, but of a good name this abominable sin is the ruin. The credit of David and of Solomon was greatly sunk by it. By it has the honour of thousands been irretrievably lost. Life is a great blessing, and may be regarded as the foundation of every earthly blessing. But unclean persons part with everything that renders life worthy of the name, and in a literal sense, they often give their years unto the cruel. Their lives are lost in the pursuit of this sin by the just judgment of God, by its native consequences, or by the accidents to which it exposes those who practise it. And for what are these years given away? Did men generously part with their lives in the defence of their country, or for the sake of a generous friend, the loss would be amply compensated by honour, and by the pleasure of a good conscience. But how infatuated are they who give their years unto the cruel, who conceal a selfish and malignant heart under the mask of love! All unlawful love is hatred, and all tempters to it are cruel enemies to our happiness. Shall we then gratify inhuman enemies, at the expense of honour and life and everything dear to us? These false friends and malicious enemies rob you of your honour and life, with as much eagerness as if they could enjoy these precious blessings of which you are deprived. (G. Lawson, D.D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv9, 11, 13 In that way
In that way
"If you do this." This phrase refers to what he has just said in previous verses.
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you will not give away your honor to others
Possible meanings for the word "honor" are 1) it refers to one's reputation. AT: "You will not lose your good reputation among other people" or 2) it refers to one's wealth and possessions. AT: "You will not give away your wealth to other people" or 3) it refers to strength and represents the prime years of one's life. AT: "You will not give away the best times of your life to other people"
or years of your life to a cruel person
The writer speaks of a person dying prematurely, possibly by murder, as if the years of his life were items that he gives away to another person. The verb may be supplied from the previous phrase. AT: "or give years of your life to a cruel person" or "or cause a cruel person to kill you while you are still young" (See: Ellipsis and Metaphor)
a cruel person
This may refer to the husband of the adulteress, who will deal cruelly with the person who sleeps with her.
strangers will not feast on your wealth
The writer speaks of people taking and enjoying another person's wealth as if they were feasting on the wealth. AT: "strangers will not take all of your wealth" (See: Metaphor)
what you have worked for will not go into the house of strangers
Here the word "house" represents the person's family. AT: "the things that you have obtained will not end up belonging to the families of strangers" (See: Metonymy)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv9, 11 5:9-10 An illicit relationship can be tempting, but it…
5:9-10 An illicit relationship can be tempting, but it eventually brings shame. If the woman is a prostitute, the young man will have to pay her and thus lose income. If the woman is another man’s wife, he might have to pay her husband (see Lev 20:10).
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