Proverbs 5:10

"lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;"

Key Reflection

This verse cautions against placing too much value on relationships or interactions with those who are unworthy, as it may lead to a loss of one's integrity and eventually waste precious time and life. Essentially, it warns against giving honor and time to those who will not respect it, emphasizing the importance of maintaining one’s moral and spiritual worth.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Strangers -The whole gang of those into whose hands the slave of lust yields himself. The words are significant as showing that the older punishment of deathDeuteronomy 22:21;Ezekiel 16:38;John 8:5was not always inflicted, and that the detected adulterer was exposed rather to indefinite extortion. Besides loss of purity and peace, the sin, in all its forms, brings poverty.

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